Imajuku Station
Lines. The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 5.2 km from the starting point of the line at . Local and weekday rapid services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station. Station layout. The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. Sidings branch off the main tracks on either side. The station building is of traditional Japanese design with a tiled roof. It houses a waiting area, a kiosk and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of two footbridges, one of which is fitted  with elevators. 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 and on 5 December 1923. By 1 April 1924, the line had been extended eastwards to . In the third phase of expansion, the line was extended further east with opening as the new eastern terminus on 15 April 1925. On the same day, Imajuku was opened as an intermediate  station on the new 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 2016, the station was used by an average of 5,165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 36th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.