Yunohira Station

Yunohira Station (湯平駅, Yunohira-eki) is a railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Yufu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

Yunohira Station

湯平駅
Yunohira Station in September 2011
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°11′51″N 131°21′15″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kyūdai Main Line
Distance109.6 km from Kurume
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened29 September 1923 (1923-09-29)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)29 daily
Location
Yunohira Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 109.6 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3]

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. A siding branches off track 1. The station building is a simple wooden structure of modern design which is colocated with a post-office. The station itself is unstaff and the premises serve only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. Platform 2 has a small enclosed waiting room of its own.[2][3]

  • The waiting room on platform 2.
  • Interior view of the platform 2 waiting room.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Kyūdai Main Line
Minami-Yufu Local Shōnai

History

The private Daito Railway (大湯鉄道) had opened a track between Ōita and Onoya in 1915. The Daito Railway was nationalized on 1 December 1922, after which Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook the next phase of expansion of what it designated as the Daito Line, extending the track and opening Yunohira as the new western terminus on 29 September 1923. Yunohira became a through-station on 29 July 1925 when the track was further extended to Kita-Yufuin (today Yufuin. On 15 November 1934, when the Daito Line had linked up with the Kyudai Main Line further west, JGR designated the station as part of the Kyudai 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 10,749 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 29 passengers.[6]

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See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "湯平" [Yunohira]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 12 April 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. 40, 74. ISBN 9784062951630.
  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. p. 227. 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. 741. 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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