Fukuoka Station Explained

Fukuoka Station
Native Name:福岡駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:321 Fukuoka-cho Shimomino, Takaoka-shi, Toyama-ken 939-0116
Country:Japan
Operator:22px Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Line: Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance:14.0 km from
Platforms:1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks:3
Status:Staffed
Opened:1 November 1898
Passengers:1,041
Pass Year:FY2015
Map Type:Japan

is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the Fukuoka neighbourhood of the city of Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway, which is a third-sector operator. This station is named after Fukuoka, Toyama, not the city of Fukuoka in Kyushu, the main station of which is named Hakata.

Lines

Fukuoka Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 14.0 kilometres from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

Fukuoka Station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Fukuoka Station opened on 1 November 1898 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). It was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming a station on JR West.

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to, local passenger operations over sections of the Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[1] From this date, Fukuoka Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,041 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/tetsudo03_hh_000054.html. ja:しなの鉄道(株)、えちごトキめき鉄道(株)、あいの風とやま鉄道(株)及びIRいしかわ鉄道(株)申請の第一種鉄道事業許可について . Details of railway business approval for Shinano Railway, Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and IR Ishikawa Railway. 26 February 2014. News release . Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Japan. ja. 5 September 2015.
  2. Web site: http://www.pref.toyama.jp/sections/1015/lib/almanac/almanac_27/_10/index.html. ja: 10-1 あいの風とやま鉄道各駅旅客輸送状況(1日平均)). 2016. Toyama Prefectural Office. Japan. ja. 6 June 2017.