is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

Kawara is a town located in Tagawa District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of 10,712 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. Th ...

Fukuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders S ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It is on the

Tagawa Line The is a 26.3 km railway line owned by the Heisei Chikuhō Railway. The line runs west along the Ima River from Yukuhashi to Tagawa, all within Fukuoka Prefecture. History The line was first built in 1895 by the , which was merged in 190 ...

, operated by the

Heisei Chikuhō Railway The is a third-sector operator of four railway lines in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The railway's nickname is ''Heichiku.'' Principal investors Fukuoka Prefecture holds 27.5% of the stock in the railway. The cities of Tagawa, Nōgata, and Yu ...

. Trains arrive roughly every 30 minutes. On 1 April 2009, nearby Tagara High School acquired

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to the station. Therefore, the station is alternatively known as . Between 1899 and 1973, a short freight-only branch line ran from this station north to Natsuyoshi.

History

* 1885 - The station opens as Kawara station of Hōshū Railroad * 1901 -

Kyushu Railway was a company that built and operated railways in Kyushu, one of four main islands of Japan. Most of its lines came under the control of Japanese Government Railways following nationalization in 1907, and many are now operated by Kyushu Railway C ...

merges with Hōshū Railroad * 1907 - Kyushu Railway is nationalized * 1943 - The station is renamed to Magarikane * 1987 -

JNR The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

is privatizated, and the station becomes part of JR Kyushu and JR Freight * 1989 - The station becomes part of Heisei Chikuho Railway

In the vicinity

*Fukuoka Prefectural Tagawa

High School A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

*Fukuoka Prefectural Agricultural and Forestry High School *Magarikane

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*Muryōkō-ji

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Platforms

External links

Magarikane Station
(Heisei Chikuhō Railway website)

References

Railway stations in Fukuoka Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1895 Heisei Chikuhō Railway Tagawa Line {{Fukuoka-railstation-stub