Naka-Yamaga Station

Naka-Yamaga Station (中山香駅, Naka-Yamaga-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by Kyūshū Railway Company in Kitsuki, Ōita, Japan.[1][2]

Naka-Yamaga Station

中山香駅
Naka Yamaga Station in March 2018
LocationKitsuki, Ōita
Japan
Coordinates 33°26′55″N 131°30′20″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
Distance90.4 km from Kokura
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingAvailable at forecourt
Disabled accessNo - island platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
StatusKan'i itaku station
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 December 1910 (1910-12-15)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)231 daily
Location
Naka-Yamaga Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 90.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side and an island platform serving three tracks. The station building is a modern concrete block structure. It houses a staffed ticket window, a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine. There is an accessibility ramp to the station building from the forecourt but a footbridge is needed to access the island platform.[2][3][4]

The station is not staffed by JR Kyushu but a kan'i itaku agent is on site and manages the ticket window, which is equipped with a POS machine.[5]

  • A view of the platforms and tracks.
  • A high-angle view from the footbridge, looking west.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nippō Main Line
Tateishi Local Kitsuki

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 Naka-Yamaga opening as the new southern terminus on 15 December 1910. It became a through-station on 22 March 1911 when the track was extended further south to Hiji. 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.[6][7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 84,331 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 231 passengers.[8]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "中山香" [Naka-Yamaga]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. 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. 46, 80. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. "中山香" [Naka-Yamaga]. Retrieved 1 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. "中山香駅" [Naka-Yamaga Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 1 May 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  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. pp. 228–9. 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. 752. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. "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 Communications]. 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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