Ukiha Station | |
Native Name: | うきは駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | Ukihamachi Asada, Ukiha-shi, Fukuoka-ken 839-1401 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 33.335°N 130.7889°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Kyūdai Main Line |
Distance: | 30.0 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 + 2 sidings |
Structure: | At grade |
Accessible: | No - platforms linked by footbridge |
Status: | Kan'i itaku station |
Former: | Chikugo-Senzoku (until 1 May 1990) |
Map Type: | Japan Fukuoka Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ukiha Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
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 30.0 km from the starting point of the line at . Only local trains on the line stop at the station.
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. Two sidings branch off track 2. The station building is a wooden structure in Japanese style. The ticket window is managed by a Kan'i itaku agent and is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[2] [3] [4]
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had the Kyūdai Main Line on 24 December 1928 with a track between and . In the second phase of expansion, the track was extended east, with opening as the new eastern terminus on 11 July 1931. On the same day, this station was opened as an intermediate station along the new track under the name . With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. On 1 May 1990, the station name was changed to Ukiha.
In fiscal 2016, the number of passengers (boarding only) using the station was between 100 and 322. The station did not rank among the top 300 busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[5]