Nishi-Kokura Station

Nishi-Kokura Station (西小倉駅, Nishi-Kokura-eki) 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 Mojikō. It is also served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 0.8 km from the starting point of that line at Kokura. Trains of the Hitahikosan Line also use the tracks of the Nippō Main Line past the nominal terminus of that line at Jōno to terminate at Kokura.

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 Kokura Station (小倉駅) 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.