Saiki Station

Saiki Station (佐伯駅, Saiki-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Saiki, Ōita, Japan.[1][2]

Saiki Station

佐伯駅
Saiki Station in 2013
LocationJapan
Coordinates32°58′20.63″N 131°54′6.53″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
Distance197.8 km from Kokura
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3 + multiple sidings
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 October 1916 (1916-10-25)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)805 daily
Rank191st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Saiki Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 197.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station has a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks at grade. Multiple sidings run to the south of platform 3. The station building is a modern two-storey concrete structure which houses a waiting area, kiosks and a staffed ticket window with a Midori no Madoguchi facility. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3][4][5]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nippō Main Line
Kaizaki Local Kamioka

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 Saiki opening as the new southern terminus on 25 October 1916. It became a through-station on 20 November 1920 when the track was extended further south to Gōnohara (today Naokawa). On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was renamed the Nippō Main Line. On 15 January 1962, the reading of the station name was changed from "Saeki" to "Saiki" with no change to the kanji characters. 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]

On 17 September 2017, Typhoon Talim (Typhoon 18) damaged the Nippō Main Line at several locations. Services between Usuki and Saiki were suspended. Rail services were restored on 18 December 2017. However JR Kyushu reported that recovery work was difficult at the site of the Tokūra Signal Box between Usuki and Tsukumi which had been covered by a landslide. Of the two tracks there, only one would be restored. According to JR Kyushu, having only a single track there (effectively closing down the signal box) would not have a large impact on its timetables and believed that it amounted to a full restoration of service.[8][9]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 805 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 191st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[10]

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See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "佐伯" [Saiki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 5 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. 48, 83. ISBN 9784062951654.
  4. "豊州路散歩　XIV ～佐伯駅～" [Hōshū Road XIV Saiki Station]. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. "佐伯駅" [Saiki Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 5 May 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. 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. p. 756. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. "日豊線臼杵-佐伯間運転再開　３カ月ぶり" [Nippō Line Usuki - Saiki traffic resumes after 3 months]. Miyanichi Press. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  9. "日豊線　１２月下旬再開へ　不通の臼杵―佐伯" [Nippō Line Traffic to resume in late December between Usuki - Saiki]. Ōita Gōdō Shimbun. 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  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.


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