Kōzaki Station (Ōita)

Kōzaki Station (幸崎駅, Kōzaki-eki) is a railway station in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line. The station serves the Ōita suburb of Sakanoichi.[1][2]

Kōzaki Station 幸崎駅
Kōzaki Station in 2009
Location	Japan
Coordinates	33°14′02″N 131°47′43″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	151.8 km from Kokura
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3 (1 is a siding) + several other sidings
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Designated parking area for bikes
Disabled access	No - platforms accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1914 (1914-04-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)	349 daily
Location
Kōzaki Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 151.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island and a side platform serving three tracks at grade. Platforms/tracks 1 and 2 are located on the island while platform 3 is a side platform served by track 3 which is a siding. The station building, a modern structure completed in 2009, is located next to the tracks nearest track 1 and not in contact with any platform. It houses a waiting area, an automatic ticket vending machine, a SUGOCA card reader and a ticket window (which is, at present, not staffed). Access from the station building to the platforms is by means of a footbridge. Several sidings also run in between track 1 and the station building.[2][3][4]

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  A view of the platforms and tracks. The train is standing on track 3 which is a siding. To the right, some sidings can be seen between the island platform and the station building.
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  The old station building. This photo was taken in 2005.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Nippō Main Line
Sakanoichi		Local	Sashiu

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 Kōzaki opening as the new southern terminus on 1 April 1914. It became a through-station on 15 August 1915 when the track was extended further south to Usuki. 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.[5][6]

JR Kyushu stopped staffing Kōzaki in 2016 because of declining passenger traffic.[7] However, on 17 March 2018, "Smart Support" facilities were added to the station. Under this scheme, although there would not be railway personnel in attendance, passengers could receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre.[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 127,334 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 349 passengers.[9]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "幸崎" [Kōzaki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 June 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. 44, 82. ISBN 9784062951654.
4. "日豊本線 幸崎駅" [Nippō Main Line Kōzaki]. Association of Railway Architects website. Retrieved 19 June 2018. Website with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4533029809.
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. 754. ISBN 4533029809.
7. "駅営業体制の見直しについて" [Revision of station business system] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
8. "大分市内の一部の駅が「Smart Support Station」に変わります" [Some stations in Ōita City to become "Smart Support Stations"] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
9. "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 19 June 2018. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).

External links

• Kōzaki (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)