Fukuro Station (袋駅, Fukuro-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway[3][4]
Fukuro Station 袋駅 | |||||||
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 Small station building in 2007 | |||||||
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| Location | Fukuro, Minamata-shi, Kumamoto-ken 867-0034 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 32°09′56″N 130°22′27″E / 32.16557°N 130.37427°E[1] | ||||||
| Operated by | Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd. | ||||||
| Line(s) | Hisatsu Orange Railway | ||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||
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| Station code | OR14 | ||||||
| Website | Official (in Japanese) | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 21 July 1926 | ||||||
| Original company | Japanese Government Railways | ||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai. It is located 55.4 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.[5]
Station layout
editThe station consists of two opposed side platforms at street level, connected by a footbridge. The small station building has a similar design to Higo Futami.[5][3]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway | for Izumi and Sendai |
| 2 | ■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway | for Minamata and Yatsushiro |
Gallery
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View of station platforms -
Hisatsu Orange Railway HSOR-100 series at Fukuro Station -
Platform shelter
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Hisatsu Orange Railway Line | ||||
| Minamata | – | Komenotsu | ||
| Rapid Express Super Orange: Does not stop at this station | ||||
History
editFukuro Station was opened on 21 July 1926 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.
Passenger statistics
editThe average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 26 passengers.[6]
Surrounding area
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Fukuro Eki, via GeoNames". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "袋駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ^ a b "袋駅" [Fukuro Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "袋駅 各駅案内". 肥薩おれんじ鉄道 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
- ^ National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.
External links
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Media related to Fukuro Station at Wikimedia Commons- Official Hisatsu Orange Railway site (in Japanese)
- Yahoo! Japan Transit station guide
