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15-587: Sasaguri is located 12 kilometers east of Fukuoka city. Sasaguri Station is located slightly west of the geographic center of the town, and the area surrounding the station forms the central urban area. The city center and the area to the west of it are relatively flat, on the eastern edge of the Fukuoka Plain. To the east of the city center is a mountainous region that separates the Fukuoka metropolitan area from Chikuho. The Tatara River flows east-west through

30-655: A mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Sasaguri, together with the other municipalities in Kasuya District contributes three members to the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Fukuoka 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . There used to be a coal mine in

45-545: A passenger railway station located in the town of Keisen , Kaho District, Fukuoka , Japan . It is operated by JR Kyushu . Keisen Station is served by the Chikuhō Main Line and is located 45.3 km from the starting point of the line at Wakamatsu . It is also the terminus for the 25.1 kilometer Sasaguri Line to Yoshizuka . The station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks with an elevated station building located above

60-513: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sasaguri Station Sasaguri Station ( 篠栗駅 , Sasaguri-eki ) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Sasaguri , Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu in The station is served by the Sasaguri Line and is located 14.8 km from the starting point of the line at Yoshizuka . The station

75-536: Is sometimes depicted on maps and timetables as part of the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line , of which the Sasaguri Line is a component. The station consists of a side platform and an island platform connected by a footbridge to small station building is located on the south side of the station. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The station was opened on 19 June 1904 by

90-603: The Chikuhō Railway, merged with the Kyushu Railway . Kyushu Railway undertook the next phase of expansion by extending the track to Keisen, then named Nagaō Station ( 長尾駅 ) , and establishing it as the new southern terminus on 12 December 1901. 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

105-400: The Sasaguri Line about 100 meters south of the station, and a shopping district has expanded around the station and this road. [REDACTED] Media related to Sasaguri Station at Wikimedia Commons This Fukuoka Prefecture railroad station -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Keisen Station Keisen Station ( 桂川駅 , Keisen-eki ) is

120-455: The northwestern part of town, but it closed in the 1960s. After that, an industrial park (Totetsu Kogyo Danchi) was established; however, the main focus of the local economy is on agriculture and tourism. Sasaguri has three public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school. [REDACTED] JR Kyushu - Sasaguri Line This Fukuoka Prefecture location article

135-561: The population of Sasaguri is as shown below. The area of Sasaguri was part of ancient Chikuzen Province . During the Edo Period , the area was under the control of Fukuoka Domain . After the Meiji restoration , the villages of Sasaguri and Seto were established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The Sasaguri was raised to town status on January 1, 1927, and annexed Seto on April 1, 1955. Sasaguri has

150-408: The privately run Kyushu Railway as the eastern terminus of a stretch of track from Yoshizuka . 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 Sasaguri Line. On 25 May 1968, Sasaguri became a through-station when the Sasaguri Line was extended further eat to Keisen . With

165-462: The privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. In fiscal 2020, there was a daily average of 3951 boarding passengers at this station, making it the 41st busiest station on the JR Kyushu network. 。 The area around the station is in the center of Sasaguri Town. Fukuoka Prefectural Route 607 runs parallel to

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180-489: The side platform and footbridges connecting to the island platform. There is a side track for parking vehicles on the south side of the station. The station is staffed. The privately run Chikuhō Kōgyō 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 Chikuhō Kōgyō Railway, now renamed

195-563: The successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu. Station numbering was introduced on 28 September 2018 with Keisen being assigned station number JC10 for the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line and JG04 for the Haruda Line. In fiscal 2021, there was a daily average of 1,401 boarding passengers at this station, making it the 109th busiest station on the JR Kyushu network. 。 The following stations have

210-708: The town. The town jointly manages the 17-hectare Sasaguri Kyudai Forest with Kyushu University . Fukuoka Prefecture Sasaguri has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sasaguri is 15.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1766 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.4 °C. Per Japanese census data,

225-548: Was designated the Chikuho Main Line while the track from Iizuka to Nagao was designated the Nagao Line. On 15 July 1928, Nagao became a through-station when the track was further extended to Chikuzen-Uchino . On 7 December 1929, both lines were merged and the station became part of the Chikuho Main Line. On 1 December 1940, the station was renamed Keizen. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR),

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