Misakigaoka Station | |
Native Name: | 美咲が丘駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | 4-chōme-8 Oginoura, Itoshima-shi, Fukuoka-ken 819-1121 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 33.55°N 130.1856°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Chikuhi Line |
Distance: | 14.3 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Structure: | At grade |
Bicycle: | Bike shed |
Accessible: | No - platforms accessed by footbridge |
Status: | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
Passengers: | 819 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Pass Rank: | 159th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Map Type: | Japan Fukuoka Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Misakigaoka Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 14.3 km from the starting point of the line at . Only local services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.[2]
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is a modern structure in elevated format. It resembles a vertical red barrel built over the track and houses the ticket window. From there a flight of steps leads down to the platform. There are two entrances to the barrel shaped station building. From the access road, a flight of steps leads up to the red barrel. A second entrance is located in the environs of a residential area south of the station on higher ground. Here the entrance is a yellow tube-shaped tunnel which leads to a fight of steps connecting to the red barrel. Unlike most hashigami designs, it is not possible to enter the station building from the other side of the tracks.[3] [4] [5]
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.[6] [7]
JR Kyushu opened the station on 28 October 1995 as an additional station on the existing track of the Chikuhi Line.[3]
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 819 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 159th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]