Wataze Station

Location
	Wataze Station Location within Fukuoka Prefecture Wataze Station Wataze Station (Japan)

JB 24 Wataze Station

渡瀬駅
JB 24 Wataze Station; 渡瀬駅
	Wataze Station in 2018
General information
Location	Takatamachi Nose, Miyama-shi, Fukuoka-ken 839-0215; Japan
Coordinates	33°5′59.6″N 130°27′35.2″E / 33.099889°N 130.459778°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	JB Kagoshima Main Line
Distance	139.1 km from Mojikō
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Accessible	No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Kan'i itaku ticket window
Station code	JB24
Website	Official website
History
Opened	7 June 1891
Passengers
FY2018	512 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Wataze Station Location within Fukuoka Prefecture Wataze Station Wataze Station (Japan)

Wataze Station (渡瀬駅, Wataze-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyama, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 139.1 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.^[3] Only local services on the line stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms are not opposed. Platform 2 was formerly an island platform but the centre track between it and platform 1 has been removed. The station building is a modern concrete building but has been built in traditional Japanese style with a double tiled roof. It houses a waiting room, a ticket window, an automatic ticket vending machine, a Sugoca charge machine and card reader. There is an accessibility ramp to the station building, but a footbridge is needed to access platform 2.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The ticket window is staffed by a kan'i itaku agent and is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[5]

Platforms

1	■ JB Kagoshima Main Line	for Kurume, Tosu and Hakata
2	■ JB Kagoshima Main Line	for Ōmuta, Kumamoto and Yatsushiro

A view of the platforms and tracks. Note the platform to the right was once an island but one of its tracks has been removed.
The old station building. This picture was taken in 2004.

History

The privately run Kyushu Railway had opened a stretch of track between Hakata and the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop on 11 December 1889. After several phases of expansion northwards and southwards, by February 1891, the line stretched from Kurosaki south to Kurume. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended south with Takase (now Tamana opening as the new southern terminus on 1 April 1891. Wataze was opened a few months later, on 7 June 1891, as an additional station between Kurume and Takase. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Hitoyoshi Main Line and then on 21 November 1909, part of the Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.^[6]^[7]

Surrounding area

Miyama City Hall Takada Branch
Miyama City Futagawa Elementary School

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "渡瀬" [Wataze]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道四国・九州ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第6巻熊本大分エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 13, 67. ISBN 9784062951654.
^ "渡瀬駅に訪問" [Visit to Wataze Station]. Dridorichi's railroad blog. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2018. See especially for photographic coverage of station facilities.
^ "渡瀬駅" [Wataze Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 3 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 218. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 682. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

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[stationmap-1] "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[hacchi-2] "渡瀬" [Wataze]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

[kawashima-3] Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道四国・九州ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第6巻熊本大分エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 13, 67. ISBN 9784062951654.

[4] "渡瀬駅に訪問" [Visit to Wataze Station]. Dridorichi's railroad blog. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2018. See especially for photographic coverage of station facilities.

[5] "渡瀬駅" [Wataze Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 3 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.

[6] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 218. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[teishajo-7] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 682. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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