Hishiro Station

Hishiro Station
日代駅
Hishiro Station in 2008
Location Japan
Coordinates 33°03′58″N 131°55′07″E / 33.06611°N 131.91861°E / 33.06611; 131.91861Coordinates: 33°03′58″N 131°55′07″E / 33.06611°N 131.91861°E / 33.06611; 131.91861
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s) ■ Nippō Main Line
Distance 184.4 km from Kokura
Platforms 2 side platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At grade
Disabled access No - steep steps to station
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 25 October 1916 (1916-10-25)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 45 daily
Location
Hishiro Station
Location within Japan

Hishiro Station (日代駅, Hishiro-eki) is a railway station in Tsukumi, Oita, Japan.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 184.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks on an embankment. From the access road, a steep flight of stairs leads up to the station building, a small, modern stonework structure which houses a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2][4]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nippō Main Line
Tsukumi Local Azamui

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 Saiki opening as the new southern terminus on 25 October 1916. On the same day, Hishiro was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was 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.[5][6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 16,389 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 45 passengers.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "日代" [Hishiro]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 4 May 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. 47, 83. ISBN 9784062951654.
  4. ↑ "日代" [Hishiro]. Retrieved 4 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. ↑ 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.
  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. 755. ISBN 4533029809.
  7. ↑ "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 Comunications]. Oita Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).
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