The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 92.4 km from the starting point of the line at Mojikō.[2]
Layout
The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks, connected by a footbridge. Two sidings branch off the main tracks. The current station building is a one-story reinforced concrete building that was renovated in 1987, and was constructed in the image of Dazaifu Tenman-gu Shrine. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]
The station was opened on 11 December 1889 by the privately run Kyushu Railway after the construction of a track between Hakata and the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop with Tosu as one of several intermediate stations on the line. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Hitoyoshi Main Line and then on 21 November 1909, part of the Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[3][4]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 5320 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 25th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[5]
Surrounding area
Chikushino City History Museum
Kyushu Sangyo High School attached to Kyushu Sangyo University
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