Shiida Station | |
Native Name: | 椎田駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | 59-1 Shiida, Chikujō-machi, Chikujō-gun, Fukuoka-ken 829-0301 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 33.6533°N 131.0581°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Nippō Main Line |
Distance: | 36.9 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Staffed |
Passengers: | 650 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Map Type: | Japan Fukuoka Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shiida Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Chikujō, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 36.9 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.[2]
The station was opened on September 25, 1897 with the opening of the private Hōshū Railway between and . The Hōshū railway was acquired by the Kyushu Railway on September 3, 1903. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases. On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was renamed the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.
In fiscal 2020, there was a daily average of 650 boarding passengers at this station.[3]