Furugō Station

Furugō Station (古国府駅, Furugō-eki) is a railway station in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Kyudai Main Line.[1][2]

Furugō Station

古国府駅
The entrance of Furugō Station in 2005.
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°13′14″N 131°36′28″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kyūdai Main Line
Distance138.9 km from Kurume
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - steps to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened30 October 1915 (1915-10-30)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)450 daily
Rank255th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Furugō Station
Location within Japan

History

The private Daito Railway (大湯鉄道) opened a track from Ōita to Onoya on 30 October 1915. This station was opened on the same day as one of several intermediate stations along the track. On 1 December 1922, the Daito Railway was nationalized and absorbed into Japanese Government Railways, (JGR) which closed the station. The station was reopened on 13 March 1988 by JR Kyushu, which had assumed control of the line and assets after the Japanese National Railways (the successor to JGR) was privatized on 1 April 1987.[3][4]

Lines

The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 138.9 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[5]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building. The shelter on the platform has a ticket window which is now unstaffed. An automatic ticket vending machine, a SUGOCA charge machine and a SUGOCA card reader are provided.[5][2]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Kyūdai Main Line
Minami-Ōita Local Ōita

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 450 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 255th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "古国府" [Furugō]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. 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.
  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. p. 742. ISBN 4533029809.
  5. 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. 43, 75. ISBN 9784062951630.
  6. "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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