Sasaguri Station
Encyclopedia
is a train station in Sasaguri Town
, Fukuoka Prefecture
, Japan
. It is operated by Kyushu Railway Company
(JR Kyushu).
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Sasaguri, Fukuoka
is a town located in Kasuya District, Fukuoka, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 30,418 and a density of 781.95 persons per km². The total area is 38.90 km².The town has three JR Sasaguri Line railway stations linking it to Hakata....
, Fukuoka Prefecture
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island. The capital is the city of Fukuoka.- History :Fukuoka Prefecture includes the former provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Buzen....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is operated by Kyushu Railway Company
Kyushu Railway Company
The , also referred to as , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group . It operates intercity rail services in Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea.When Japan Railways was divided in...
(JR Kyushu).
Tracks
| 1 | ■Sasaguri Line(Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) | for |
| 2 | ■Sasaguri Line(Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) | for ,, and |
| 3 | ■Sasaguri Line(Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) | for Hakata(The train that this station is the starting station) |
Adjacent stations
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History
- June 19, 1904: Opened by the private company Kyushu Tetsudo.
- July 1, 1907: Brought under state control.
- May 25, 1968: Sasaguri Line completion.
- April 1, 1987: Following privatisation of JNRJapanese National Railways, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...
it came under the control of JR KyushuKyushu Railway CompanyThe , also referred to as , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group . It operates intercity rail services in Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea.When Japan Railways was divided in...
. - October 6, 2001: Whole of Sasaguri Line electrification.