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	Kotake Station Location within Fukuoka Prefecture Kotake Station Kotake Station (Japan)

JC 17 Kotake Station

小竹駅
JC 17 Kotake Station; 小竹駅
	Kotake Station in 2008
General information
Location	2128 Katsuno, Otake-cho, Kurate-gun, Fukuoka-ken 820-1103; Japan
Coordinates	33°41′47.11″N 130°42′38.14″E / 33.6964194°N 130.7105944°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	JC Chikuhō Main Line
Distance	31.3 km from Wakamatsu
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	28 October 1892
Passengers
FY2020	538
Rank	208th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Location
Location
	Kotake Station Location within Fukuoka Prefecture Kotake Station Kotake Station (Japan)

Kotake Station (小竹駅, Kotake-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kotake, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu in^[1]

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhō Main Line and is located 31.3 km from the starting point of the line at Wakamatsu.^[2] Only local trains stop at this station.

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks. During the heyday of coal transportation, there were many side tracks, but the premises were significantly reorganized, and when the Chikuho Main Line was electrified bridge-type station building. There is a free passage inside the station building, and a Kotake Community Hall is attached. The station is also designed with the kanji "bamboo in the station name in mind. The remains of the junction with the Shinta branch line are now used as side tracks for parking vehicles. ^[2]

Platforms

1	■ JC Chikuhō Main Line	for Shin-Iizuka and Hakata
2	■ JC Chikuhō Main Line	for Nōgata and Orio

History

The privately run Chikuho Kogyo Railway had opened a track from Wakamatsu to Nōgata on 30 August 1891. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended southwards with Kotake being opened as the new southern terminus on 28 October 1892. Kotake became a through-station on 3 July 1893 when the track was further extended to Iizuka. On 1 October 1897, the Chikuho Kogyo Railway, now renamed the Chikuho Railway, merged with the Kyushu Railway. After 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 Chikuho Main Line With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.^[3]^[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by a daily average of 538 boarding passengers, making it the 208th busiest station on the JR Kyushu network.^[5]。

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 200
Kotake Town Hall

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ ^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3巻北九州筑豊エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 Kyushu Chikuhō area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 39, 74. ISBN 9784062951623.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 233. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 787. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 8 September 2021.