Chikuzen-Maebaru Station
Introduction  is a railway station in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.
Lines The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 12.7 km from the starting point of the line at . Both local and rapid services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.
Station layout The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The station building is a modern hashigami structure where the station facilities are located on a bridge spanning the platforms and which has entrances north and south of the tracks. On the bridge are a waiting room, a shop and a ticket counter. After the ticket gates on the bridge, escalators descend to the two island platforms. Elevators are provided to platform level.The ticket counter is staffed JR Kyushu directly and is equipped with a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facility.file:Chikuzen-Maebaru Station 4.JPG|A more distant view of the north entrance, showing the escalators descending to the island platforms.file:Chikuzen-maebaru station southside 20061104.jpg|The south entrance of the station. file:Chikuzen-maebaru station precinct 20061104.jpg|A view of the platforms. Note the station on the bridge above.===Platforms===
Adjacent stations
History The private Kitakyushu Railway had opened a track between  and  on 5 December 1923.By 1 April 1924, the line had been extended east with the station, then named Maebaru opening as the new eastern terminus. On 15 April 1925, Maebaru became a through-station when the line was extended to . When the Kitakyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 October 1937, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and renamed it Chikuzen-Maebaru 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.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 7,353 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 24th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.
See also * List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links * Chikuzen-Maebaru Station (JR Kyushu)