title: Kurume Station
text: # Kurume Station
  
  Kurume Station (久留米駅, Kurume-eki) is a railway station in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. It is operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Kurume Station is served by the following lines.
  
  * Kyushu Shinkansen
  * Kagoshima Main Line
  * Kyūdai Main Line
  
  ## Platforms
  
  | 1 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Hainuzuka, Setaka ,and Ōmuta |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kyūdai Main Line | for Chikugo-Yoshii, and Hita |
  | 2 | Kyūdai Main Line | for Chikugo-Yoshii and Hita |
  | 3 | ■ Limited Express Ariake | for Kumamoto |
  | 3 | ■ Limited Express Yufu, Yufu DX, Yufuin-no-Mori | for Hita, Yufuin, and Oita |
  | 3 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Hainuzuka, Setaka, and Ōmuta |
  | 4 | ■ Limited Express Ariake | for Hakata |
  | 4 | ■ Limited Express Yufu, Yufu DX, Yufuin-no-Mori | for Hakata |
  | 4 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Tosu, Hakata, Kokura and Mojikō |
  | 5 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Tosu, Hakata, Kokura, and Mojikō |
  | 11 | Kyushu Shinkansen | for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka |
  | 12 | Kyushu Shinkansen | for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō |
  
  ## History
  
  By December 1889, the privately run Kyushu Railway had opened a stretch of track from Hakata to the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended southwards to Kurume, which opened as the new southern terminus on 1 March 1890. Kurume became a through-station on 1 April 1891 when the track was further extended to Setaka. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Hitoyoshi and Nagasaki Main Lines. On 21 November 1909, the Hitoyoshi Main Line was renamed the Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2016, the station was used by 7,743 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 21st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.
  
  