Kurume-Kōkōmae Station

Kurume-Kōkōmae Station (久留米高校前駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. The station name refers to the nearby Kurume High School.

Lines
The station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 3.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume. Only local trains on the line stop at the station.

Layout
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is a modern concrete structure which houses a waiting room, automatic ticket vending machine, a Sugoca charge machine, a Sugoca reader and a staffed ticket window.

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 POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.

History
JR Kyushu opened the station on 14 March 2009 as an additional station on the existing track of the Kyudai Main Line.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 569 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 200th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu..

Surrounding area

 * Fukuoka Prefectural Kurume High School
 * Kurume City Kurume Commercial High School
 * Kurume Junior High School attached to Fukuoka University of Education