Chihaya Station

Chihaya Station
Chihaya Station
千早駅
Chihaya station 1.jpg
West Entrance of Chihaya Station
Location
Prefecture Fukuoka
(See other stations in Fukuoka)
City Fukuoka
Ward Higashi
History
Year opened 1951
Former name Nakano Station
Rail services
Operator(s) Nishi-Nippon Railroad, JR Kyushu
Line(s) Nishitetsu Kaizuka Line
JR Kagoshima Main Line
A sign at Nishitetsu Chihaya Station

Chihaya Station (千早駅 Chihaya-eki?) is a railway station where the Nishitetsu Kaizuka Line and the JR Kagoshima Main Line meet in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. The official name of the Nishitetsu station is Nishitetsu Chihaya Station (西鉄千早駅 Nishitetsu-Chihaya-eki?).[1]

Contents

Lines

Station layout

JR Chihaya Station

The station is above ground level with 2 platforms and 4 tracks.

Tracks
1 Kagoshima Main Line to KashiiAkamaOrioKokura
2 Kagoshima Main Line to Kashii・Akama・Orio・Kokura (Sidetrack)
3 Kagoshima Main Line to Hakata・Futsukaichi・Kurume
4 Kagoshima Main Line to Hakata・Futsukaichi・Kurume (sidetrack)


Nishitetsu Chihaya Station

The station is above ground level with an island platform and 2 tracks.

Tracks
1 Kaizuka Line to Nishitetsu Shingū
2 Kaizuka Line to Kaizuka


History

There had been a Nishitetsu station named Nakano Station (名香野駅 Nakano-eki?) since 1951. In the course of the redevelopment of a former railway yard in the area, the station was relocated and upgraded to a joint station for Nishitetsu and JR.[2] The JR station was opened in 2003 and the Nishitetsu station was renamed and rebuilt in 2004. The original location of Nakano Station is a few blocks away from the present station.

  • June 15, 1951 - Nishitetsu opens Nakano Station. [3]
  • July 7, 2003 - JR Kyushu opens Chihaya station. [4]
  • August 2, 2004 - Nishitetsu relocates Nakano Station and renames it Nishitetsu Chihaya Station. (Originally scheduled for August 1, but postponed because of an approaching typhoon.) [1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Nishitetsu News Release (June 29, 2004) (Japanese)
  2. ^ Project overview (Urban Renaissance Agency) (Japanese)
  3. ^ Japanese Wikipedia article 千早駅 as of 2008-05-15 15:07 UTC, which does not cite any source for this date.
  4. ^ Timeline of JR Kyushu (Japanese)
  5. ^ JTB Timetable "Supanavi" (2004) (Japanese)

External links

33°38′57″N 130°26′25″E / 33.649282°N 130.440361°E / 33.649282; 130.440361Coordinates: 33°38′57″N 130°26′25″E / 33.649282°N 130.440361°E / 33.649282; 130.440361