Shigeoka Station

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

Shigeoka Station

重岡駅
Shigeoka Station in 2007
LocationJapan
Coordinates32°50′25″N 131°42′56″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
Distance224.2 km from Kokura
Platforms1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks3 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened26 March 1922 (1922-03-26)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)16 daily
Location
Shigeoka Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 224.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station, which is not staffed, consists of a side and an island platform serving three tracks. A siding branches off track 1, ending on the other side of the side platform. There is no station building, but a wooden shed in traditional Japanese style has been set up as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3]

  • A view of the station platforms looking north.
  • A view of the station platform looking south. The siding can be seen branching off to the left.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nippō Main Line
Naokawa Local Sōtarō

History

The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from Kokura to Yanagigaura down the east coast of Kyushu. 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 over the next 13 years, establishing Shigeoka as its southern terminus on 26 March 1922. Subsequently, the track was further extended to meet the Miyazaki Main Line which had been extending northwards from Miyazaki and which had reached Ichitana by July 1923. The link up between the two lines was achieved on 15 December 1923, and through traffic was thus established from Kokura in the north through Shigeoka to Miyakonojō. The entire stretch of track was then 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.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 5,978 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 16 passengers.[6]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "重岡" [Shigeoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 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. 48, 83. ISBN 9784062951654.
  4. 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.
  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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 756. ISBN 4533029809.
  6. "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 8 April 2018. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).


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