Sue Station (Fukuoka)


Sue Station is a railway station on the Kashii Line operated by JR Kyushu in Sue, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

The station is served by the Kashii Line and is located 21.9 km from the starting point of the line at.

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is a modern structure of glass and steel frames and houses a small waiting area and automatic ticket machines.

Adjacent stations

History

The station was opened on 1 January 1904 by the private Hakata Bay Railway as the southern terminus of a stretch of track from. Sue became a through-station on 3 June 1905 when the track was further extended to. On 19 September 1942, the company, now renamed the Hakata Bay Railway and Steamship Company, with a few other companies, merged into the Kyushu Electric Tramway. Three days later, the new conglomerate, which had assumed control of the station, became the Nishi-Nippon Railroad. On 1 May 1944, Nishitetsu's track from Saitozaki to Sue and the later extensions to Shinbaru and were nationalized. Japanese Government Railways took over control of the station and the track which served it was designated the Kashii Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.
On 14 March 2015, the station, along with others on the line, became a remotely managed "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, although the station became unstaffed, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates could receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 601 passengers daily, and it ranked 224th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.