Kami-Mio Station (上三緒駅, Kami-Mio-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan. It is operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).[1]
Kami-Mio Station in November 2007 | |||||||||||
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Standort | 325 Kamimio, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-0013 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°37′22.74″N 130°42′48.33″E / 33.6229833°N 130.7134250°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
Line(s) | JJ Gotōji Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 10.2 km from Tagawa-Gotōji | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | JJ02 | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 15 June 1902 | ||||||||||
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Lines
editKami-Mio Station is served by the Gotōji Line and is 10.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tagawa-Gotōji.[1]
Layout
editThe station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The simple station building that looks like a caboose is installed next to the platform.The station is unattended. [1]
History
editThe station was opened on 15 June 1902 as a freight station on the Kyushu Railway. The railway was nationalized in 1907, and the line became the Chikuho Main Line (freight branch line) in 1909. Passenger service commenced on 10 May 1920, and on the same day, the line was renamed the Urushi Line. On July 1, 1943 the Industrial Cement Railway was nationalized through a wartime acquisition and the station became part of the Gotōji Line. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.
Surrounding area
edit- Iizuka-Shonai Tagawa Bypass (Japan National Route 201)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 49, 79. ISBN 9784062951630.
External links
editMedia related to Kami-Mio Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (JR Kyushu) (in Japanese)