railway station
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JR Kyūshū
The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait ...
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Ukiha
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
The modern city of Ukiha was established on March 20, 2005, from the merger of the former town of absorbing the town of Yoshii, Fukuoka, Yoshii (both from Ukiha District, Fukuoka ...
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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 ...
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Lines
The station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 30.0 km from the starting point of the line at . Only local trains on the line stop at the station.
Layout
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. Two sidings branch off track 2. The station building is a wooden structure in Japanese style. The ticket window is managed by a Kan'i itaku agent and is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facility. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.
file:JR Ukiha sta03s5s4272.jpg, A view of the station platforms and tracks. Sidings branching off track 2 can be seen to the left.
Adjacent stations
History
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) had the Kyudai Main Line on 24 December 1928 with a track between and . In the second phase of expansion, the track was extended east, with opening as the new eastern terminus on 11 July 1931. On the same day, this station was opened as an intermediate station along the new track under the name . With the privatization of
Japanese National Railways
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 pref ...
(JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. On 1 May 1990, the station name was changed to Ukiha.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the number of passengers (boarding only) using the station was between 100 and 322. The station did not rank among the top 300 busiest stations of JR Kyushu.