Minami-Nobeoka Station

Minami-Nobeoka Station (南延岡駅, Minami-Nobeoka-eki) is a railway station in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.[1][2]

Minami-Nobeoka Station 南延岡駅
Minami-Nobeoka Station in 2011
Location	Japan
Coordinates	32°33′34″N 131°40′36″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	259.6 km from Kokura
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3 + multiple sidings
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Designated parking area for bikes
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 February 1922 (1922-02-11)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)	837 daily
Rank	187th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Minami-Nobeoka Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 259.6 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 at grade set within a largely industrial area. The station building is a modern two storey structure which is integrated with a footbridge. A staffed ticket window and waiting area are located on the second level. After the ticket gate, a short flight of steps leads up to the footbridge which gives access to the side and island platform. Multiple sidings, mostly for freight trains, are located east and west of the platforms. On the west side, among the sidings, a private leased line branches off towards the industrial plant of the Asahi Kasei chemical corporation.[2][3][4]

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 window which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nippō Main Line
Nobeoka		Local	Asahigaoka

History

In 1913, the Miyazaki Prefectural Railway (宮崎県営鉄道) had opened a line from Miyazaki northwards to Hirose (now closed). After the Miyazaki Prefectural Railway was nationalized on 21 September 1917, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook the subsequent extension of the track as part of the then Miyazaki Main Line, reaching Tomitaka (now Hyūgashi) by 11 October 1921. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended to Minami-Nobeoka, which opened as the new northern terminus on 11 February 1922. It became a through-station on 1 May 1922 when the track was extended to Nobeoka. Expanding north in phases and joining up with other networks, the track eventually reached Kokura and the entire stretch from Kokura through this station to Miyakonojō was redesignated as the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923. 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.[7][8][9]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 837 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 187th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[10]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "南延岡" [Minami-Nobeoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 23 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. 51, 84. ISBN 9784062951654.
4. "となりのとなりがトトロ" [Nearby Totoro]. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
5. "鹿児島支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kagoshima Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
6. "南延岡駅" [Minami-Nobeoka Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 23 May 2018. See images of tickets sold.
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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4533029809.
8. 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. 757. ISBN 4533029809.
9. 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. pp. 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
10. "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

• Minami-Nobeoka (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)