Orio Station

Orio Station
Orio Station
折尾駅
Orio stn.jpg
Location
Prefecture Fukuoka
(See other stations in Fukuoka)
City Kitakyūshū
Ward Yahata Nishi
Neighborhood etc. 1-1 Horikawa-machi, Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture
(in Japanese) 北九州市八幡西区堀川町1-1
History
Opened 28 February, 1891
Rail services
Operator(s) Kyushu Railway Company
Line(s) Kagoshima Main Line,
Chikuhō Main Line

Orio Station (折尾駅 Orio-eki?) is a railway station in Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan. It was first opened in 1891.

Contents

Train Lines

The two lines serving the station intersect each other at Orio and the lines are connected by a spur track. Thus the station is consist of two separated blocks: main building with bi-level platforms at the crossing point and detached platforms on the spur.

Platforms

First floor of main building

1 Chikuho Main Line (aka Wakamatsu Line) for Futajima and Wakamatsu
2 Chikuho Main Line (aka Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) for Nakama, Nōgata, Iizuka, and Sasaguri

Second floor of main building

3 Kagoshima Main Line for Akama, Hakata, Tosu, Kurume, Ōmuta and Kumamoto
4 Kagoshima Main Line used by local trains running either direction which gives a way to express trains passing them at this station, as well as local shuttle trains running between this station and Kokura and/or Mojikō
5 Kagoshima Main Line for Kurosaki, Yahata, Space World, Kokura, Mojikō and Ōita

Express trains, including the Sonic, stop here.

Spur track (Takami-guchi)

6 Kagoshima Main Line for Kurosaki, and Kokura
7 Chikuho Main Line (aka Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) for Nakama, Nōgata, Iizuka, and Sasaguri

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kyushu Railway Company
Kagoshima Main Line
Jinnoharu Local Mizumaki
Kurosaki Semi-Rapid Mizumaki
Kurosaki Rapid Akama(Ebitsu for daytime)
Kurosaki Limited Express Akama, Kashii, or Hakata
Wakamatsu Line
Honjō Local -
Fukuhoku Yutaka Line(Main building)
- Local Higashi-Mizumaki
- Rapid Nakama
Kagoshima Main - Fukuhoku Yutaka Line(Spur track)
Jinnoharu Local Higashi-Mizumaki
Kurosaki Rapid Service Nakama

Buses

Airport buses leave from a bus stop located at the west exit of the main building to the Kitakyushu Airport. Also, there is a Kitakyushu municipal bus terminal for local buses connecting vicinities including Wakamatsu and Ashiya in front of the east exit of main building.

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Coordinates: 33°51′49″N 130°42′47″E / 33.86361°N 130.71306°E / 33.86361; 130.71306