Yōkoku Station

Yōkoku Station
Yōkoku Station; 杵築駅
	Yōkoku Station in June 2016
Location	Hiji, Ōita; Japan
Coordinates	33°22′12″N 131°31′48″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	108.4 km from Kokura
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	Yes - footbridge to platform served by elevators
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	9 March 1987
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)	810 daily
Rank	189th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
	Yōkoku Station Location within Japan

Yōkoku Station (暘谷駅, Yōkoku-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Hiji, Ōita, Japan.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 108.4 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 concrete structure, built in 2016, which houses a staffed ticket window, a waiting area and various community facilities. There is also a footbridge, served by elevators, which provides access to the opposite platform as well as 24-hour free passage to the street on the other side of the station.[2][3][4][5]

Management of 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 POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[6][7]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nippō Main Line
Hiji		Local	Bungo-Toyooka

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 9 March 1987 as an additional station on the existing track of the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[8]

In 2016, the town of Hiji completed a major urban redevelopment project involving the station. The station was moved 100 metres to the east and a new station building was constructed, incorporated a waiting room, a community interaction area nad gallery as well as a footbridge which is available as a free passage to the street on the other side of the tracks.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 810 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 189th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

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References

"JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
"暘谷" [Yōkoku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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4巻福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 45, 80. ISBN 9784062951630.
"暘谷駅が移転新駅舎完成" [Yōkoku Station moved. New station building completed.]. Yomiuri Online. 18 May 2016. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
"踏切通らず移動暘谷駅の自由通路と駅舎完成" [Doing without a railway crossing. Yōkoku Station free passage and station building completed]. Oita Godo Shimbun. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
"大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
"暘谷" [Yōkoku Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 29 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
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. 752. ISBN 4533029809.
"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

Official website (in Japanese)

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[stationmap-1] "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[hacchi-2] "暘谷" [Yōkoku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[kawashima-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4巻福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 45, 80. ISBN 9784062951630.

[yomiuri-4] "暘谷駅が移転新駅舎完成" [Yōkoku Station moved. New station building completed.]. Yomiuri Online. 18 May 2016. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[oitagodo-5] "踏切通らず移動暘谷駅の自由通路と駅舎完成" [Doing without a railway crossing. Yōkoku Station free passage and station building completed]. Oita Godo Shimbun. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[jrte-6] "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[7] "暘谷" [Yōkoku Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 29 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.

[teishajo-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. 752. ISBN 4533029809.

[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.