Ōga Station

Ōga Station
Ōga Station; 大神駅
	Ōga Station in August 2008
Location	Hiji, Ōita; Japan
Coordinates	33°23′01″N 131°34′30″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	103.3 km from Kokura
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	No - level crossing to platform has steps
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 June 1952
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)	481 daily
Rank	248th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
	Ōga Station Location within Japan

Ōga Station (大神駅, Ōga-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by Kyūshū Railway Company in Hiji, Ōita, Japan.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 103.3 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a modern concrete structure which houses an enclosed waiting room and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing with steps at both ends.[2][3]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nippō Main Line
Kitsuki		Local	Hiji

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 June 1952 as an additional station on the existing track of the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 481 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 248th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

References

"JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
"大神" [Ōga]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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. 44, 80. ISBN 9784062951630.
"大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
"大神" [Ōga Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 29 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
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.
"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.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

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[stationmap-1] "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[hacchi-2] "大神" [Ōga]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[kawashima-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. 44, 80. ISBN 9784062951630.

[jrte-4] "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[5] "大神" [Ōga Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 29 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.

[teishajo-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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 752. ISBN 4533029809.

[7] "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.