Uchiumi Station

Uchiumi Station
内海駅
Uchiumi Station in 2008
Location Japan
Coordinates 31°45′31″N 131°28′03″E / 31.75861°N 131.46750°E / 31.75861; 131.46750Coordinates: 31°45′31″N 131°28′03″E / 31.75861°N 131.46750°E / 31.75861; 131.46750
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s) ■ Nichinan Line
Distance 17.5 km from Minami-Miyazaki
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 8 May 1963 (1963-05-08)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 19 daily
Location
Uchiumi Station
Location within Japan

Uchiumi Station (内海駅, Uchiumi-eki) is a train station in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.[1][2] The station is distinct and at a different location from another station nearby of the same name which was opened in 1913 and closed in 1962.[3]

Lines

The station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 17.5 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.[4]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. There is no station building but a shed built near the station entrance serves as a waiting room. An automatic ticket vending machine has not been installed.[4][2]

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Nichinan Line
Oryūzako Local Kouchiumi

History

The private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened a line on 31 October 1913 between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (a station of the same name but at a different location from this present one). The line and its stations 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 using largely the same route. The linkup, which included the reopening of some previously closed Miyazaki Railway stations, was completed on 8 May 1963, whereupon the route was renamed the Nichinan Line. Uchiumi was also opened on the same day. It used the name of a previously closed station nearby, but was a new station at a different location. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[5][3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 19 passengers (boarding only) per day.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "内海" [Uchiumi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 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. 21, 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
  4. 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. 54, 95. ISBN 9784062951661.
  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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 774. ISBN 4533029809.
  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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