is a railway station 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 ...

in Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan, operated by the

Kyushu Railway Company 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 ...

(JR Kyushu).

Lines

Mojikō Station is served by the

. The station is located close to Kyushu Railway History Museum Station on the

Mojikō Retro Scenic Line The is a 2.1 km heritage railway line owned by Kitakyushu City and operated by Heisei Chikuhō Railway. The line runs on a former freight route in Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. One passenger train named the runs on the ...

operated by Heichiku.

Station layout

The

Neo-Renaissance Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...

style building was built in 1914. The station has a "

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

" staffed ticket counter.

History

The station opened on 1 April 1891. 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) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu. From 29 September 2012, the 1914-vintage station building was temporarily closed for major renovations. It is scheduled to reopen in March 2018. It was reopened in 2019 and is one of the two railway stations designated as an Important Cultural Property.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 5,164 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 37th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area

Mojikō Station is the gateway to various tourist attractions and old buildings which have been preserved in the nearby streets under the name Mojikō Retro.

Gallery

Mojiko Station Night View 20200314-1.jpg, Mojikō Station at night, March 2020 Mojiko Station Night View 20200314-2.jpg, At night, March 2020 Moji 20190502 110510.jpg, May 2019 Moji 20190502 105659.jpg, May 2019 Moji 20190502 113916.jpg, May 2019 Ticket vending machines at Mojiko Station 20200315.jpg, Ticket vending machines, March 2020

References

External links

Mojiko Station information
(JR Kyushu) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mojiko Station Railway stations in Fukuoka Prefecture Buildings and structures in Kitakyushu Railway stations in Japan opened in 1891