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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[edit] Layout

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

[edit] History

The station was established in 1885 as Kawara Station. It was nationalized in 1907 and took its present name in 1943. Following privatization of the Japanese National Railways system in 1987, it became part of JR Freight. On October 1, 1989, it became part of the Heisei Chikuho Railway Company and ceased freight operations.

[edit] In the vicinity

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

[edit] Adjacent stations

  • Kakishita Onsen-guchi Station
  • Kamiita Station


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