is a
railway station
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on the
Kagoshima Main Line
The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) between Mojikō in Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu. Until March 13, 2004, it extended 393 km between its two ...
and the
Sanyō Main Line
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, operated by
Kyushu Railway Company
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in
Moji-ku, Kitakyushu,
Japan
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.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 6,392 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 29th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.
Station number code
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References
Railway stations in Fukuoka Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1891
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