| Nōgata Station (直方駅, Nōgata-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Nōgata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. [1]It is operated jointly by JR Kyushu and by the third-sector railway operator Heisei Chikuhō Railway. [2]Regarding the Heisei Chikuho Railway portion of the station, on April 1, 2009, Fujimoto Kogyo, a railway vehicle parts sales and graphics company headquartered in Kitakyushu, acquired the naming rights, and the station was called Fujimoto Kogyo StudioCanada Nogata Station (藤本興業 studiocanada 直方駅).[3] As of September 2022, the contract has ended and it has returned to Nogata Station. |
