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Magarikane Station

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Magarikane Station (勾金駅, -eki) serves passengers on the Tagawa Line of the Heisei Chikuho Railway Co., Ltd. in the town of Kawara, Tagawa District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Layout

The unattended station has two ground-level platforms flanking the two tracks.

History

  • 1885 - The station opens as Kawara station of Hōshū Railroad
  • 1901 - Kyushu Railroad merges with Hōshū Railroad
  • 1907 - Kyushu Railroad is nationalized
  • 1943 - The station is renamed to Magarikane
  • 1987 - JNR is privatizated, and the station becomes part of JR Kyushu and JR Freight
  • 1989 - The station becomes part of Heisei Chikuho Railway

    • In the vicinity

  • Fukuoka Prefectural Tagawa High School
  • Fukuoka Prefectural Agricultural and Forestry High School
  • Magarikane Post Office
  • Muryōkō-ji Temple

    • References

    Magarikane Station Wikipedia
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