Nishi-Kokura Station | |
Native Name: | 西小倉駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Borough: | 3-chōme-2 Muromachi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka-ken 803-0812 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 33.8886°N 130.8742°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | |
Distance: | 0.8 km from |
Platforms: | 2 island + 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 5 |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi') |
Passengers: | 4313 daily (boarding only) |
Pass Year: | FY2021 |
Map Dot Label: | Nishi-Kokura Station |
Map Type: | Japan Fukuoka Prefecture#Japan Kyushu#Japan |
is a junctuion passenger railway station located in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
Nishi-Kokura Station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 6.1 km from the starting point of the line at . It is also served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 0.8 km from the starting point of that line at . Trains of the Hitahikosan Line also use the tracks of the Nippō Main Line past the nominal terminus of that line at to terminate at .
The station consists of one side platform and two island platforms, connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]
Nishi-Kokura Station was established as on 1 April 1915. On 1 March 1958 Kokura Station moved to its current location and the former station was closed. It was reopened as Nishi-Kokura Station on 14 December 1974. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu. The current station building was completed in March 2013.
In fiscal 2021, there was a daily average of 4,313 boarding passengers at this station.[3]