Unoshima Station | |
Native Name: | 宇島駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | Hachiya, Buzen-shi, Fukuoka-ken 828-0021 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 33.6211°N 131.1267°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Nippō Main Line |
Distance: | 45.2 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side + island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 1382 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Map Type: | Japan Fukuoka Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Unoshima Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
s a passenger railway station located in the city of Buzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 45.2 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of one side platform and island platform serving three tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.[2]
The station was opened on September 25, 1897 with the opening of the private Hōshū Railway between and . The Hōshū railway was acquired by the Kyushu Railway on September 3, 1903. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases. On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was renamed the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.
In fiscal 2020, there was a daily average of 1382 boarding passengers at this station.[3]