Kajiki Station

Kajiki Station (加治木駅, Kajiki-eki) is a railway station in Aira, Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.[1][2]

Kajiki Station

加治木駅
Kajiki Station in 2013
LocationKajiki-chō Tando, Aira, Kagoshima
（鹿児島県姶良市加治木町反土）
Japan
Coordinates31°44′21″N 130°40′14″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
Distance441.6 km from Kokura
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingAvailable at forecourt
Disabled accessNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 June 1901 (1901-06-10)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)1,773 daily
Rank104th
Location
Kajiki Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 441.6 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a modern functional concrete structure which houses a waiting area, automatic ticket vending machines, a SUGOCA card reader and a staffed ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. The side platform opposite the station building is labelled platform 3 and the track, like that of platform 1, runs on the north side. A gap exists between platform 3 and 1, suggesting that there was once a platform/track 2 which has since been removed.[2][3]

Management of the passenger facilities at 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 Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

  • A view of the ticket gate with a SUGOCA card reader.
  • A view of the platforms. Note the second platform, to the extreme left, is labeled platform 3.

Platforms

JR
1 ■ Nippo Main Line for Kagoshima
3 ■ Nippo Main Line for Miyakonojō and Miyazaki

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Nippō Main Line
Hayato Local Kinkō

History

On 10 June 1901, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the then Kagoshima Line from Kagoshima to Kokubu (now Hayato). On the same day, Kajiki was opened as one of several intermediate stations along the track. By 1909, the Kagoshima Line had linked up with the Hitoyoshi line reaching south from Yatsushiro. Through traffic was achieved between Mojikō in the north of Kyushu to Kagoshima in the south. The entire stretch of track from Mojikō through Kokubu and Kajiki to Kagoshima was redesignated as the Kagoshima Main Line on 21 November 1909. By 1927, another track from Yatsushiro through Sendai to Kagoshima had been built and this was now designated as part of the Kagoshima Main Line. Kajiki, with the other stations on the older route then became part of the Hisatsu Line on 17 October 1927. By the end of 1932, further expansion and link ups with other networks to the east of Kokubu resulted in another line providing through-traffic to the north of Kyushu, from Kokura to Kagoshima. The entire stretch of track down the east coast of Kyushu from Kokura through Kajiki to Kagoshima then redesignated as the Nippō Main Line on 6 December 1932. 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][8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,773 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 104th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

Nearby places
  • Aira City Hall Kajiki Branch
  • Kajiki Post office
  • Kajiki High School
  • Kajiki Technical High School
  • Dajo Elementary School
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See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "加治木" [Kajiki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 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7巻 宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 62, 92. ISBN 9784062951661.
  4. "鹿児島支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kagoshima Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  5. "加治木駅" [Kajiki Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 16 June 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, 222. 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. pp. 761–2. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号 九州 沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. p. 59. ISBN 9784107900302.
  9. "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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