is a railway station on the

Sasaguri Line is a railway line in Japan operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Keisen Station in Keisen, Fukuoka with Yoshizuka Station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka. Stations History The Kyushu Railway Co. opened the Yoshizuka - Sasaguri sec ...

operated by

JR Kyushu 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 ...

in Kasuya, Kasuya District,

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.

Lines

The station is served by the

and is located 2.5 km from the starting point of the line at . The station is sometimes depicted on maps and timetables as part of the

Fukuhoku Yutaka Line The is the collective name for four sections of railway lines operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It runs between Kurosaki Station and Hakata station (66.6 km). The sections called Fukuhoku Yutaka L ...

, of which the Sasaguri Line is a component.

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The original configuration had been an island platform serving two tracks but in late 2016, another side platform had been built on the other side of track 1 and platform 1 was moved across. The former platform 1 on the island was fenced off, leaving platform 2 using the former island as a side platform. The station building is a two-storey structure. The whole of the top level and part of the bottom level serves as designated parking areas for bicycles. A small waiting room and a staffed ticket window is located on the lower level. Platform 1 is directly access from the station building while platform 2 is access by means of a level crossing. Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facility. file:Yusu Station 20160705.jpg, Station waiting room. The ticket window is down the narrow corridor. Note the area in the foreground is for the parking of bicycles. file:Platform of Yusu Station 2.jpg, Station platforms in the former island configuration. file:Platform of Yusu Station 3.jpg, Station platforms now configured as two side platforms. Note the fence on the former island platform and the rough edges where the concrete of the old platform 1 has been truncated.

History

The station was opened by JR Kyushu on 13 March 1988 as an additional station on the existing track of the Sasaguri Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3,615 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 56th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

References

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Yusu (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1988 Railway stations in Fukuoka Prefecture Stations of Kyushu Railway Company {{Fukuoka-railstation-stub