JG 02 Kami-Honami Station 上穂波駅  | |||||||||||
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 Kami-Honami Station in 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Ae, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-0704 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°34′01″N130°38′43″E / 33.5670°N 130.6452°E /33.5670; 130.6452 | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line | JGChikuhō Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 48.1 km fromWakamatsu | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 15 July 1928 (1928-07-15) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2016 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Kami-Honami Station (上穂波駅,Kami-honami-eki) is a passengerrailway station located in the city ofIizuka,Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated byJR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by theChikuhō Main Line and is located 48.1 km from the starting point of the line atWakamatsu.[2]
The station consists of aside platform serving a single track. Across the track can be seen another, disused side platform as well as the track bed of a second track which has since been removed. The station shares a large two-storey building with the local chamber of commerce and industry. The station part of the building is unstaffed and only houses a waiting room and automatic ticket vending machines. Access to the platform from the station building is by means of a short flight of steps.[3][2]
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Kami-Honami on 15 July 1928 as an intermediate station when it extended the track of the then Nagao Line from Nagao (nowKeisen to a new southern terminus atChikuzen-Uchino. On 7 December 1929, Kami-Honami became part of theChikuho Main Line when the Nagao Line was merged with the former. With the privatization ofJapanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[4][5]
Station numbering was introduced on 28 September 2018 with Kami-Honami being assigned station number JG02.[6]
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