Bungo-Toyooka Station

Bungo-Toyooka Station
豊後豊岡駅
Bungo-Toyooka in June 2008
Location Japan
Coordinates 33°21′43″N 131°30′05″E / 33.36194°N 131.50139°E / 33.36194; 131.50139Coordinates: 33°21′43″N 131°30′05″E / 33.36194°N 131.50139°E / 33.36194; 131.50139
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s) ■ Nippō Main Line
Distance 111.3 km from Kokura
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At grade
Disabled access Yes - footbridge to platform served by elevators
Other information
Status Kan'i itaku station
Website Official website
History
Opened 16 July 1911 (1911-07-16)
Previous names Kashiranari (until 1 August 1940)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 418 daily
Rank 264th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Bungo-Toyooka Station
Location within Japan

Bungo-Toyooka Station (豊後豊岡駅, Bungo-Toyooka-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by the Kyūshū Railway Company in Hiji, Oita, Japan.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 111.3 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a woodern structure of traditional Japanese design with a tiled roof. It houses a waiting area, an automatic ticket vending machine and a staffed ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2]

The station is not staffed by JR Kyushu but the local town authorities act as a kan'i itaku agent manages the ticket window which is equipped with a POS machine.[4][5]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nippō Main Line
Yōkoku Local Kamegawa

History

The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from Kokura to Yanagigaura. 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, with Beppu opening as the new southern terminus on 16 July 1911. On the same day, this station, then named Kahiranari (頭成), was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. On 1 August 1940, the station was renamed Bungo-Toyooka. 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.[6][7]

The station became unstaffed in July 2014. Subsequently, on 1 April 2016, the Hiji town authorities took over the staffing of the ticket window as a kan'i itaku agent.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 418 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 264th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "豊後豊岡" [Bungo-Toyooka]. 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. 45, 81. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. 1 2 "日出町広報誌2016年4月号" [Hiji News Magazine 2016 April] (PDF). Hiji Town. p. 15. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "豊後豊岡" [Bungo-Toyooka Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 30 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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4533029809.
  7. ↑ 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. pp. 752–3. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. ↑ "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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