| Chikugo-Yoshii Station | |
| Native Name: | 筑後吉井駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | 199 Yoshiimachi, Ukiha-shi, Fukuoka-ken 839-1321 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 33.3412°N 130.7522°W |
| Distance: | from |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 + 2 sidings |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Accessible: | No - platforms linked by footbridge |
| Status: | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
| Passengers: | 398 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2021 |
| Pass Rank: | 233rd (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan Fukuoka Prefecture#Japan Kyushu#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Chikugo-Yoshii Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ukiha, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 26.4 km from the starting point of the line at . Only local trains on the line stop at the station.
The station consists of one island platform and side platforms serving three tracks at grade. Two sidings branch off track 1. The station is a modern structure but built in a traditional Japanese style with white plaster namako walls to recall the white plaster traditional houses which are a tourist attraction in former Yoshii town nearby. The station building houses a waiting room and a ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[2] [3]
Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket counter which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4] [5]
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened on 24 December 1928 as the eastern terminus of a track from during the first phase of the construction of the Kyūdai Main Line. Chikugo-Yoshii became a through-station on 11 July 1931 when the track was extended east to . With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 549 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 233ed among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]