is a passenger railway station located in the city of Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.
Lines The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 26.1 km from the starting point of the line at . Only local services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.
Station layout The station consists of an unnumbered island platform serving two tracks with a siding. The station building is an elevated structure which spans the tracks and has separate entrances north and south of the tracks. The waiting room is positioned on the bridge above the platform. The ticket window, also on the bridge, is unstaffed. From the bridge, a ticket gate equipped with a Sugoca card reader stands at the top of a flight of steps which leads down to the platform. Provides photographic coverage of station facilities. Website of Itoshima City attractions with detailed photographic coverage of station facilities.
Platforms
History The station was opened on 5 December 1923 as the eastern terminus of a line which the private Kitakyushu Railway had built to . Fukuyoshi became a through-station on 1 April 1924 when the track was extended east to Maebaru (today ). 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.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 349 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 255th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.
Surrounding area Japan National Route 202
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Fukuyoshi Station (JR Kyushu)