Hamasaki Station

Railway station in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan

33°26′49″N 130°02′12″E / 33.446885°N 130.036792°E / 33.446885; 130.036792Operated by

JR KyushuLine(s)■ Chikuhi LineDistance35.4 km from MeinohamaPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2 + 1 sidingConstructionStructure typeAt gradeBicycle facilitiesBike shedAccessibleNo - platforms accessed by footbridgeOther informationStatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened5 December 1923; 100 years ago (1923-12-05)PassengersFY2016609 dailyRank220th (among JR Kyushu stations)

Location
Hamasaki Station Location within Japan

Hamasaki Station (浜崎駅, Hamasaki-eki) is a railway station in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 35.4 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama.^[3] Rapid and local services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.^[4]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms two tracks with a siding. The station building is a timber structure of traditional design and houses a waiting room and a staffed ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. A bike shed is provided outside.^[3]^[2]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket counter which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[5]^[6]

A view of the station platforms and tracks.

Adjacent stations

←	Service
Chikuhi Line
Shikaka	Local	Nijinomatsubara
Chikuzen-Fukae	Rapid	Higashi-Karatsu

History

The station was opened on 5 December 1923 as the western terminus of a line which the private Kitakyushu Railway had built from Fukuyoshi. Hamasaki became a through-station on 7 July 1924 when the track was extended west to Nijinomatsubara. When the Kitakyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 October 1937, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and designated the line which served it as the Chikuhi Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.^[7]^[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 609 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 220th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[9]

Environs

Karatsu City Hamatama Branch Office
Hamasaki Post Office

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "浜崎" [Hamasaki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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5巻長崎佐賀エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 10, 78. ISBN 9784062951647.
^ "浜崎" [Hamasaki]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
^ "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
^ "浜崎駅" [Hamasaki Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
^ 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. pp. 224–5. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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. 725. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.