Momonokawa Station
# Momonokawa Station

Momonokawa Station (桃川駅, Momonokawa-eki) is a railway station located in Imari, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.

## Lines

The station is served by the western section of the Chikuhi Line and is 17.4 km from the starting point of this section at Yamamoto.

## Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers.

## Adjacent stations

| ← | | Service | | → |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Chikuhi Line (western section) |||||
| Hizen-Nagano | Hizen-Nagano | Local | Kanaishihara | Kanaishihara |

## History

The private Kitakyushu Railway, which had a track between Hakata and Higashi-Karatsu by 1926 and had expanded southwards to Yamamoto by 1929. In a later phase of expansion, the track was extended west from Yamamoto to Imari, which opened as the western terminus on 1 March 1935. This station was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track under the name of Matsuura Station (松浦駅, Matsuura-eki). The Kitakyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1937 and Japanese Government Railways (JGR) assumed control of the station. JGR renamed the station Momonokawa and designated the track which served it as part of the Chikuhi Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 19,169 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 53 passengers.

## Environs

* National Route 498
* Imari Matsuura Post office
* Imari City Hall Matsuura Branch
* Imari City Matsuura Elementary School
