Misakigaoka Station (美咲が丘駅, Misakigaoka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]
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Location | 4-chōme-8 Oginoura, Itoshima-shi, Fukuoka-ken 819-1121 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°33′0″N 130°11′8″E / 33.55000°N 130.18556°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
Line(s) | JK Chikuhi Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 14.3 km from Meinohama | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Bike shed | ||||||||||
Accessible | No - platforms accessed by footbridge | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 28 October 1995 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2020 | 819 daily | ||||||||||
Rank | 159th (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||||||||
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The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 14.3 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama.[3] Only local services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.[4]
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][2][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]
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