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Nishi-Kokura Station

is a junctuion passenger railway station located in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

Lines

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 .

Layout

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.

Platforms

History

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2021, there was a daily average of 4,313 boarding passengers at this station.

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