Chihaya Station

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Chihaya Station
千早駅
File:Chihaya station 1.jpg
West Entrance of Chihaya Station
Location Higashi, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Japan
Operated by Nishi-Nippon Railroad, JR Kyushu
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History
Opened 1951
Previous names Nakano
File:NishitetsuChihaya Station Ekimeihyo.jpg
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]

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 HakataFutsukaichiKurume
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. 1.0 1.1 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

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