Tayoshi Station

Tayoshi Station
田吉駅
Tayoshi Station in 2017
Location Japan
Coordinates 31°52′45″N 131°25′49″E / 31.87917°N 131.43028°E / 31.87917; 131.43028Coordinates: 31°52′45″N 131°25′49″E / 31.87917°N 131.43028°E / 31.87917; 131.43028
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)
Distance
  • 2.0 km from Minami-Miyazaki (Nichinan Line)
  • 0.0 km (start of the Miyazaki Kūkō Line)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At grade
Disabled access No - level crossing to platform has steps
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 31 October 1913 (1913-10-31)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 37 daily
Location
Tayoshi Station
Location within Japan

Tayoshi Station (田吉駅, Tayoshi-eki) is a railway station of Kyushu Railway Company located in is a railway station in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is the junction between the Nichinan Line and the Miyazaki Kūkō Line.[1][2]

Lines

Tayoshi Station is the starting point of the Miyazaki Kūkō Line and is also served by the Nichinan Line whose starting point is 2 km to the north at Minami-Miyazaki.[3]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks set in a largely rural area with a view of the nearby Mizayaki Airport beyond some fields. There is no station building. A small shed beside the tracks on the access path serves as a waiting room. Access to the island platform from the path is by means of a level crossing with steps at the platform end.[3][2]

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Nichinan Line
Minami-Miyazaki Local Minamikata
Miyazaki Kūkō Line
Minami-Miyazaki Local Miyazaki Airport

History

The private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 31 October 1913 as an intermediate station on a line it had laid between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (now closed). The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from Kitagō towards Minami-Miyazaki on the same route and reopened Tayoshi as an intermediate station on 8 May 1963 but closed it on 1 October 1971. In 1996 JR Kyushu built a branch line from this location to Miyazaki Airport and reopened the station on 18 July 1996 as the starting point of the Miyazaki Kūkō Line.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 37 passengers (boarding only) per day.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "田吉" [Tayoshi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 7 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7巻 宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 52, 94, 97. ISBN 9784062951661.
  4. ↑ 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. 773, 776. ISBN 4533029809.
  5. ↑ Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号 九州 沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
  6. ↑ "宮崎県統計年鑑 鉄道輸送実績（１日平均）" [Miyazaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook Railway Transportation Record (daily average)]. Miyazaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 6 May 2018. See the table for 平成28年度 [fiscal 2016].
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