Ōga Station

Ōga Station
杵築駅
Ōga Station in 2008
Location Japan
Coordinates 33°23′01″N 131°34′30″E / 33.38361°N 131.57500°E / 33.38361; 131.57500Coordinates: 33°23′01″N 131°34′30″E / 33.38361°N 131.57500°E / 33.38361; 131.57500
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s) ■ Nippō Main Line
Distance 103.3 km from Kokura
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At grade
Disabled access No - level crossing to platform has steps
Other information
Status Staffed ticket window (outsourced)
Website Official website
History
Opened 1 June 1952 (1952-06-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 481 daily
Rank 248th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Ōga Station
Location within Japan

Ōga Station (大神駅, Ōga-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by Kyūshū Railway Company in Hiji, Oita, Japan.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 103.3 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a modern concrete structure which houses an enclosed waiting room and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing with steps at both ends.[3][2]

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 booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nippō Main Line
Kitsuki Local Hiji

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 June 1952 as an additional station on the existing track of the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 481 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 248th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "大神" [Ōga]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 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4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 44, 80. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. ↑ "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "大神" [Ōga Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 29 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  6. ↑ 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 752. ISBN 4533029809.
  7. ↑ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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