Fukkōdaimae Station


Fukkōdaimae Station is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line operated by JR Kyushu located in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 65.1 km from the starting point of the line at.

Layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.

Adjacent stations

History

opened Shingū Signal Box on 1 June 1915. On 1 October 1920 it was upgraded to a passenger station and its name was changed to Chikuzen Shingũ Station and its location was shifted 100 metres further to the south on the line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. The station was renamed Fukkōdaimae on 15 March 2008. The name means, literally, "in front of the Fukuoka Institute of Technology".

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by 11,468 passengers daily, and it ranked 12th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.