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Railway station in Ogōri, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan For other uses, see Ogōri Station (disambiguation).

Ogōri Station
小郡駅

Ogōri Station in 2007

General information

Location

1 Chome Gion, Ogori-shi, Fukuoka-ken 838-0141
Japan

Coordinates

33°23′53″N 130°33′13″E / 33.397957°N 130.553633°E / 33.397957; 130.553633

Operated by

Amagi Railway

Line(s)

■ Amagi Line

Distance

3.8 km from Kiyama

Platforms

1 side platform

Tracks

Connections

Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line

Construction

Structure type

Embankment

Accessible

No - steps to platform

Other information

Status

Staffed Ticket window

History

Opened

28 April 1939 (1939-04-28)

Previous names

Chikugo Ogōri (until 1 April 1986)

Passengers

FY2018

1021

Location
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Ogōri Station (小郡駅, Ogōri-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ogōri, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Amagi Railway, a third sector public-private partnership corporation.

Lines

The station is served by the Amagi Railway Amagi Line and is located 3.8 km from the start of the line at Kiyama. All Amagi Line trains stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on an embankment. There is no station building but a shelter has been set up on the platform. From the main road, a roofed flight of steps leads up to the platform. A staffed ticket window is located at an intermediate landing halfway up the flight of steps.

Platforms

■ Amagi Line

for Kiyama, and Amagi

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Amagi Railway Amagi Line
Tateno		-	Ōitai

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 28 April 1939 with the name Chikugo Ogōri (筑後小郡駅) as an intermediate station on its Amagi Line between Kiyama and Amagi. On 1 April 1986, control of the station was handed over to the Amagi Railway. The name of the station was changed to Ogōri and the location of the station was shifted 400 m further along the line from Kiyama.

Connections

Nishitetsu Ogōri Station on the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line is a short walk from the station across a road.

Surrounding area

Ogōri Elementary School
Ogōri City Hall
Ogōri Driving School
Ogōriekimae Post Office
Ogōri Swimming School

References

^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 182, 309. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
"甘木鉄道時刻表" [Amagi Railway Timetable] (PDF). www.amatetsu.jp. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
"小郡" [Ogōri]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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4巻福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 27, 82. ISBN 9784062951630.
^ "小郡・大板井　周辺" [Around Ogōri and Ōitai]. noritai-amatetu.com Website of the Society for the Promotion of the AmagiRailway. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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. 221. 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. 699. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.