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.

Contents 1 Layout 2 History 3 In the vicinity 4 Adjacent stations

[edit] Layout

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

[edit] 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

[edit] In the vicinity

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

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Heisei-Chikuho Tagawa Line
Kakishita Onsen-guchi		-	Kamiita