Shigeoka Station
Shigeoka Station 重岡駅  | |||||||||||
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 Shigeoka Station in 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Ume Oaza Ohira, Saiki-shi, Ōita-ken 879-3201 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°50′25″N 131°42′56″E / 32.84028°N 131.71556°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 224.2 km from Kokura | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 + 1 siding | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No - platform accessed by footbridge | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 26 March 1922 | ||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 16 daily | ||||||||||
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Shigeoka Station (重岡駅, Shigeoka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Saiki, Ōita, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]
Lines
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 224.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]
Layout
The station, which is not staffed, consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. A siding branches off track 1, ending on the other side of the side platform. There is no station building, but a wooden shed in traditional Japanese style has been set up as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3]
Platforms
| 1 | ■ ■ Nippō Main Line | for Nobeoka |
| 2, 3 | ■ ■ Nippō Main Line | for Saiki |
A view of the station platforms looking north.
A view of the station platform looking south. The siding can be seen branching off to the left.
History
The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from Kokura to Yanagigaura down the east coast of Kyushu. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases over the next 13 years, establishing Shigeoka as its southern terminus on 26 March 1922. Subsequently, the track was further extended to meet the Miyazaki Main Line which had been extending northwards from Miyazaki and which had reached Ichitana by July 1923. The link up between the two lines was achieved on 15 December 1923, and through traffic was thus established from Kokura in the north through Shigeoka to Miyakonojō. The entire stretch of track was then renamed the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[4][5]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 5,978 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 16 passengers.[6]
Surrounding area
See also
References
- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "重岡" [Shigeoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 48, 83. ISBN 9784062951654.
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 756. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "平成28年版 大分県統計年鑑 11 運輸および通信" [Oita Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition Section 11 Transportation and Communications]. Oita Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).
External links
Media related to Shigeoka Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Shigeoka (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)