Futajima Station

Futajima Station is a railway station on the Kyūshū Railway Company Chikuhō Main Line in Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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The station is served by the Wakamatsu Line and is located 6.3 km from the starting point of the line at.

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. the station is unattended.

The station was opened on 5 August 1899 on the Kyushu Railway. The Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Chikuho Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.
On 4 March 2017, Futajima, along with several other stations on the line, became a "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, although the station is unstaffed, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates can receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre which is located at.

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by a daily average of 1040 boarding passengers, making it the 129th busiest station on the JR Kyushu network.。

It is the westernmost train station among four stations in Wakamatsu-ku, all of those are on the Chikuho Main Line

+Kitakyushu City Futajima Elementary School