is a

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on the

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operated by

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in Kasuya,

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, Japan.

Lines

The station is served by the

and is located 20.6 km from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks on an embankment. The station building houses a waiting room and has a glassed-in area with an automatic ticket machine. Bike sheds are provided at the base of the embankment from which a flight of steps leads up to the station building. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a level crossing with steps at both ends to the platforms. file:Platform of Sakado Station (Kashii Line).jpg, A view of the station platforms and tracks. file:JRKyushu Sakado Station02.jpg, A broad flight of steps up the embankment to the station building.

Adjacent stations

History

The station was opened on 1 January 1904 by the private Hakata Bay Railway as an intermediate station on a track it opened between and . On 19 September 1942, the company, now renamed the Hakata Bay Railway and Steamship Company, with a few other companies, merged into the Kyushu Electric Tramway. Three days later, the new conglomerate, which had assumed control of the station, became the

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(Nishitetsu). On 1 May 1944, Nishitetsu's track from Saitozaki to Sue and the later extensions to Shinbaru and were nationalized.

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...

(JGR) took over control of the station and the track which served it was designated the Kashii Line. With the privatization of

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(JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. Shortly after opening, the station was closed on 21 July 1905. It opened again on 1 August 1909 when a branch line for freight only was built from it to . On 11 March 1915, the freight line was further extended to . Tabi-ishi was closed on 15 December 1960 and Shime, together with the entire branch line, was closed on 1 January 1985. On 14 March 2015, the station, along with others on the line, became a remotely managed "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, although the station became unstaffed, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates could receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 581 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 229th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

References

External links

Sakado (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Fukuoka Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1904 {{Fukuoka-railstation-stub