Kiyama Station (Saga)


Kiyama Station is a railway station in Kiyama, Saga prefecture, Japan.

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History

On 11 November 1918, Japanese Government Railways opened the Kiyamaguchi Signal Box at the present location of the station. On 5 August 1921, the facility was upgraded to a full station and renamed Kiyama. On 28 April 1939, Kiyama became the western terminus of the Amagi Line to. On 1 April 1986, Japanese National Railways, the successor of JGR, handed over control of the Amagi Line to the third sector corporation Amagi Railway. On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, JR Kyushu took over control of Kiyama station.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3,826 passengers daily, and it ranked 54th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.