Tentō Station

Tentō Station (天道駅, Tentō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu in^[1]

JC  12  Tentō Station 天道駅
Tentō Station in 2017
General information
Location	Tento, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-0075 Japan
Coordinates	33°36′19″N 130°40′40″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	JC Chikuhō Main Line
Distance	42.3 km from Wakamatsu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Accessible	No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	12 December 1901 (1901-12-12)
Passengers
FY2020	4215 daily
Rank	236th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Keisen towards Haruda Chikuhō Main Line Local Iizuka towards Wakamatsu
Location Tentō Station Location within Fukuoka Prefecture Show map of Fukuoka Prefecture Tentō Station Tentō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhō Main Line and is located 42.3 km from the starting point of the line at Wakamatsu.^[2]

Station layout

The station consists of two staggered side platforms serving two tracks. A station building of modern concrete design houses a waiting room and automatic ticket vending machines. There is a ramp up to the station building entrance from the access road but access to the opposite side platform is by means of a sheltered footbridge.^[3][2]

Platforms

1	■ JC Chikuhō Main Line	for Nōgata and Orio
2	■ JC Chikuhō Main Line	for Keisen and Hakata

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  A view of the station platforms and tracks.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Chikuhō Main Line
Iizuka		Local	Keisen

History

The privately run Chikuho Kogyo Railway had opened a track from Wakamatsu to Nōgata on 30 August 1891 and, after several phases of extension, the track had reached south to Iizuka by 1893. On 1 October 1897, the Chikuho Kogyo Railway, now renamed the Chikuho Railway, merged with the Kyushu Railway. Kyushu Railway undertook the next phase of expansion by extending the track to Keisen, then named Nagao, and establishing it as the new southern terminus on 12 December 1901. Tento was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on this new stretch of track. After the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the track to Iizuka was designated the Chikuho Main Line while the track from Iizuka to Nagao was designated the Nagao Line. On 7 December 1929, both lines were merged and the station became part of the Chikuho Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.^[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by a daily average of 415 boarding passengers, making it the 236th busiest station on the JR Kyushu network.^[6]。

Surrounding area

• Tentō Jinja

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. 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3巻 北九州 筑豊 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 Kyushu Chikuhō area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 43, 74. ISBN 9784062951623.
3. "天道" [Tentō]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
4. 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. pp. 233–4. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
5. 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. 788. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
6. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

External links

Media related to Tentō Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Tentō Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)