Chikuzen-Yamae Station | |
Native Name: | 筑前山家駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | Yamae, Chikushino-shi, Fukuoka-ken 818-0003 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 33.4774°N 130.5741°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Distance: | 61.4 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 + 1 siding |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 24 |
Pass Year: | FY2016 |
Map Dot Label: | Chikuzen-Yamae Station |
Map Type: | Japan Fukuoka Prefecture#Japan |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu[1]
The station is served by the Chikuhō Main Line and is located 61.4km (38.2miles) from the starting point of the line at .
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. Across the track can be seen another, disused side platform as well as the track bed of a second track which has since been removed. A siding branches off the track and ends behind the platform and is used by track maintenance equipment. A small station building built in traditional Japanese style serves as a waiting room. A separate weather shelter is provided on the platform itself.[2] [3]
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Chikuzen-Yamae on 7 December 1929 as an intermediate station when the track of Chikuho Main Line was extended to . With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.
Station numbering was introduced on 28 September 2018 with Chikuzen-Yamae being assigned station number JG04.[4]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 25 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).