Hatae Station

Hatae Station (波多江駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR Kyushu.

Lines
The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 10.1 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama. Local and weekday rapid services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.

Station layout
The station consists of an island platform two tracks. The station building is a modern elevated structure where the station facilities are located on a bridge spanning the platform and which has entrances on both sides of the tracks. The bridge houses a waiting area, a staffed ticket window and ticket gates. From there, steps and an elevator give access to the island platform.

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket counter which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.

History
The private Kitakyushu Railway had opened a track between Fukuyoshi and Hamasaki on 5 December 1923. Expanding in phases, by 15 October 1926, the line had been extended east to Hakata and west to Higashi-Karatsu. Hatae Station was opened on 1 July 1928 as an additional station on the track. When the Kitakyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 October 1937, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and designated the line which served it as 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 2020, the station was used by an average of 1920 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 76th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area

 * JA Itoshima Hatae Branch
 * Hatae Post Office
 * Sannomiya Shrine