Bizen-Fukukawa Station

備前福河駅
Bizen-Fukukawa Station in January 2008
General information
LocationFukuura, Akō-shi, Hyōgo-ken 678-0257
Japan
Coordinates34°44′48″N 134°19′54″E / 34.7466°N 134.3317°E / 34.7466; 134.3317
Owned by West Japan Railway Company
Operated by West Japan Railway Company
Line(s) Akō Line
Distance16.4 km (10.2 mi) from Aioi
Platforms1 side platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
Construction
Structure typeGround level
AccessibleNone
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 March 1955 (1955-03-01)
Passengers
FY201930 daily
Location
Bizen-Fukukawa Station is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Bizen-Fukukawa Station
Bizen-Fukukawa Station
Location within Hyōgo Prefecture
Bizen-Fukukawa Station is located in Japan
Bizen-Fukukawa Station
Bizen-Fukukawa Station
Bizen-Fukukawa Station (Japan)

Bizen-Fukukawa Station (備前福河駅, Bizen-Fukukawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]

Lines

Bizen-Fukukawa Station is served by the Akō Line, and is located 16.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Aioi, and 5.9 kilometers from Banshū-Akō.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single-directional track, with the station building on the right side when facing in the direction of Okayama. The station is unattended.[2] When the station was opened, it had an island platform, but only one side of the platform was used for passenger operations, with the other side used exclusively for freight. The railroad tracks are slightly S-shaped at both ends of the station. This is a remnant of a plan to draw another railroad track on the south side of the existing track so that express trains could pass; however, as the Akō Line was later determined to be used only for local operations, this plan was never completed.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
JR West
Akō Line
Tenwa - Sōgo

History

Bizen-Fukukawa Station was opened on March 1, 1955. At the time, the local municipality was Fukukawa village in Wake district of Okayama Prefecture, hence the use of "Bizen" in the station name (as Bizen province was part of what is now Okayama]]. However, on September 1, 1963, the village was transferred to Hyōgo prefecture. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 30 passengers daily[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. Hyōgo no tetsudō zen'eki : jēāru sanseku kennai hyakurokujūsan'eki haisen ryakuzutsuki tetsudō isan mokuzō ekisha o tazunete sharyō ichirantsuki. Kōbe Shinbun Sōgō Shuppan Sentā., 神戶新聞総合出版センター. [Place of publication not identified]: Kōbeshinbunsōgōshuppansentā. 2011. ISBN 9784343006028. OCLC 776109204.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. "神戸新聞NEXT|わが町リポート西播|【赤穂市】地元待望のJR駅のトイレ完成". www.kobe-np.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  3. 兵庫県. "兵庫県統計書". 兵庫県 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-25.

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