Teruoka Station

Teruoka Station
光岡駅
Teruoka Station in 2007
Location Japan
Coordinates 33°19′39″N 130°55′12″E / 33.32763611°N 130.9199722°E / 33.32763611; 130.9199722Coordinates: 33°19′39″N 130°55′12″E / 33.32763611°N 130.9199722°E / 33.32763611; 130.9199722
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s) ■ Kyūdai Main Line
Distance 45.2 km from Kurume
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 3 March 1934 (1934-03-03)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 114 daily
Location
Teruoka Station
Location within Japan

Teruoka Station (光岡駅, Teruoka-eki) is a railway station in Hita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Kyudai Main Line.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 45.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding. The station building is a modern structure but built in traditional Japanese style with a tiled roof. It is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing.[3][2][4]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kyūdai Main Line
Yoake Local Hita

Note: Since July 2017, the line after Teruoka has been cut due to a bridge collapse. The connection between Teruoka and Hita is now made by a JR bus service.[5]

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Kyudai Main Line on 24 December 1928 with a track between Kurume and Chikugo-Yoshii and had extended the line east to Yoake by 12 March 1932. In a further phase of expansion, the track was extended east with Hita opening as the eastern terminus on 3 March 1934. Teruoka opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[6][7]

In July 2017, torrential rainfall led to the railway bridge across the Kagetsugawa River about 1 km east of the station being swept away, cutting the line. Through service between Teruoka and the next station at Hita were suspended and the connection is now being made by a bus.[5] JR Kyushu said it intended to resume service by the summer of 2018[8] but later stated that it could be a long time before service is restored.[9]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 41,755 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 114 passengers.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "光岡" [Teruoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 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. p. 38, 73. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. ↑ "光岡" [Teruoka]. Retrieved 8 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. 1 2 "Death toll from Kyushu rains hits 22 as searches, evacuations continue". Mainichi Shimbun website. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  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. p. 227. 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. p. 739. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. ↑ "平成29年7月九州北部豪雨による久大本線・日田彦山線の状況について" [The situation of the Kyudai and Hitahikosan Lines after the torrential rain in Northern Kyushu in July 2017] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See also for pictures of the collapsed bridge.
  9. ↑ "Suspension of the train service" (PDF). JR Kyushu. September 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "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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