Fukkōdai-mae Station

Fukkōdai-mae Station Station (福工大前駅) is a passenger railway station located in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Lines
The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 65.1 km from the starting point of the line at Mojikō.

Layout
The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks, connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. There are two entrances, the north exit where the station building is located, and the Fukuko Oguchi exit, which are connected by a free passage; however, Fukuko Oguchi is a passageway for people affiliated with the Fukuoka Institute of Technology, and is prohibited to anyone other than those affiliated with it (as this passageway is located within the school grounds)

History
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Shingū Signal Box (新官(信号所)) on 1 June 1915. On 1 October 1920 it was upgraded to a passenger station and its name was changed to Chikuzen Shingũ Station (筑前新官駅) and its location was shifted 100 metres further to the south on the line. Previously, the station building and platform spanned Higashi Ward in Fukuoka and Shingu Town, but after reconstruction in 1987, both the station building and the platform are entirely within Higashi Ward. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. The station was renamed Fukkōdai-mae on 15 March 2008. The name means, literally, "in front of the Fukuoka Institute of Technology".

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 8,273 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 12th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area

 * Fukuoka Institute of Technology
 * Fukuoka Institute of Technology Joto High School
 * Shingu town center