Tachiarai Station

Tachiarai Station (太刀洗駅, Tachiarai-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Amagi Line located in Chikuzen, Fukuoka, Japan. It is operated by the Amagi Railway, a third sector public-private partnership corporation.^[1]

Tachiarai Station 太刀洗駅
Station platform
General information
Location	Takata, Chikuzen-machi, Asakura-gun, Fukuoka-ken 838-0814 Japan
Coordinates	33°24′49.51″N 130°37′8.02″E
Operated by	Amagi Railway
Line(s)	■ Amagi Line
Distance	10.4 km from Kiyama
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	28 April 1939 (1939-04-28)
Passengers
FY2018	260
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Lines

The station is served by the Amagi Railway Amagi Line and is located 10.4 km from the start of the line at Kiyama.^[1]

Layout

The station consists of one unnumbered island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. ^[2]

Platforms

station side	■ Amagi Line	for Amagi
opposote side	■ Amagi Line	for Kiyama

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Amagi Railway Amagi Line
Yamaguma		-	Takata

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station was opened on 28 April 1939 as an intermediate station on its Amagi Line between Kiyama and Amagi. On 1 April 1986, control of the station was handed over to the Amagi Railway.^[1][3][4]

Surrounding area

• Kirin Brewery Fukuoka Factory
• Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum
• Japan National Route 500

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 182, 309. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. 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. 28, 83. ISBN 9784062951630.
3. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 221. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
4. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 699. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

Media related to Tachiarai Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official home page (in Japanese)