Ōita-Daigaku-mae Station

Ōita-Daigaku-mae Station (大分大学前駅, Ōita-Daigaku-mae-eki) is a railway station in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Hōhi Main Line.[1][2]

Ōita-Daigaku-mae Station

大分大学前駅
Ōita-Daigaku-mae Station in 2006
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°10′38″N 131°37′08″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Hōhi Main Line
Distance138.8 km from Kumamoto
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Bicycle facilitiesDesignated parking area for bikes
Disabled accessYes - ramp to platform
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened23 March 2002 (2002-03-23)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)1,604 daily
Rank113th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Ōita-Daigaku-mae Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 138.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is a modern wooden structure equipped with a staffed ticket window, an automatic vending machine and a SUGOCA card reader. After the ticket gate, a long sheltered ramp leads down to the platform, which is located at a lower level.[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 »
Hōhi Main Line
Nakahanda Local Shikido

History

JR Kyushu (JNR) opened the station on 23 March 2002 as an additional station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line.[3]

In February 2018, JR Kyushu announced that the station would become unstaffed in the autumn of 2018 after completing barrier-free improvements and introducing the "Smart Support" remote station management scheme.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,604 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 113th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

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See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "大分大学前" [Ōita-Daigaku-mae]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 15 April 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6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 41, 79. ISBN 9784062951654.
  4. "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  5. "大分大学前駅" [Ōita-Daigaku-mae Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  6. "敷戸と大分大学前駅　無人化今秋にも" [Shikido and Ōita-Daigaku-mae to become unstaffed this autumn]. Ōita Godo Shimbun. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  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.


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