Shikido Station

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Shikido Station

敷戸駅
JR Kyushu Shikido Station.jpg
Shikado Station in 2016
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°11′17″N 131°36′54″E / 33.18806°N 131.61500°E / 33.18806; 131.61500Coordinates: 33°11′17″N 131°36′54″E / 33.18806°N 131.61500°E / 33.18806; 131.61500
Operated byJR logo (kyushu).svg JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Hōhi Main Line
Distance140.2 km from Kumamoto
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened22 February 1987 (1987-02-22)
Passengers
FY20161,166 daily
Rank146th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Shikido Station is located in Japan
Shikido Station
Shikido Station
Location within Japan

Shikido Station (敷戸駅, Shikido-eki) is a railway station in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Hōhi Main Line.[1][2]

Lines[]

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 140.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.[3]

Layout[]

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building, but a shelter is provided on the platform together with a staffed ticket booth, an automatic ticket vending machine, a SUGOCA card charging station and a SUGOCA card reader.[2][3]

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.[4][5]

  • A view of the station platform and track.

Adjacent stations[]

« Service »
Hōhi Main Line
Ōita-Daigaku-mae Local Takio

History[]

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 22 February 1987 as an additional station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[6]

In February 2018, JR Kyushu announced that the station would become unstaffed in the autumn of 2018 after completing barrier-free improvements and introducing the "Smart Support" remote station management scheme.[7]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,166 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 146th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

In popular culture[]

The American YouTuber based in Japan, Kevin O'Donnell, referenced Shikido Station in his skit "Trains in Tokyo vs. Trains everywhere else" as a 無人駅 or staff-less station. [9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "敷戸" [Shikido]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b 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. 41, 80. ISBN 9784062951654.
  4. ^ "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  5. ^ "敷戸駅" [Shikido Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 14 April 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 747. ISBN 4533029809.
  7. ^ "敷戸と大分大学前駅　無人化今秋にも" [Shikido and Ōita-Daigaku-mae to become unstaffed this autumn]. Ōita Godo Shimbun. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Trains in Tokyo vs. Trains everywhere else / 東京の電車 vs. 田舎の電車". YouTube. Retrieved 5 December 2020.


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