Teruoka Station

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Teruoka Station

光岡駅
Teruoka new.jpg
Teruoka Station in 2007
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°19′39″N 130°55′12″E / 33.32763611°N 130.9199722°E / 33.32763611; 130.9199722Coordinates: 33°19′39″N 130°55′12″E / 33.32763611°N 130.9199722°E / 33.32763611; 130.9199722
Operated byJR logo (kyushu).svg JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kyūdai Main Line
Distance45.2 km from Kurume
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened3 March 1934 (1934-03-03)
Passengers
FY2015114 daily
Location
Teruoka Station is located in Japan
Teruoka Station
Teruoka Station
Location within Japan

Teruoka Station (光岡駅, Teruoka-eki) is a railway station in Hita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Kyudai Main Line.[1][2]

Lines[]

The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 45.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3]

Layout[]

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding. The station building is a modern structure but built in traditional Japanese style with a tiled roof. It is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing.[2][3][4]

  • The old station building. This picture was taken in 2005

Adjacent stations[]

« Service »
Kyūdai Main Line
Yoake   Local   Hita

Note: Since July 2017, the line after Teruoka has been cut due to a bridge collapse. The connection between Teruoka and Hita is now made by a JR bus service.[5]

History[]

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Kyudai Main Line on 24 December 1928 with a track between Kurume and Chikugo-Yoshii and had extended the line east to Yoake by 12 March 1932. In a further phase of expansion, the track was extended east with Hita opening as the eastern terminus on 3 March 1934. Teruoka opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[6][7]

In July 2017, torrential rainfall led to the railway bridge across the Kagetsugawa River about 1 km east of the station being swept away, cutting the line. Through service between Teruoka and the next station at Hita were suspended and the connection is now being made by a bus.[5] JR Kyushu said it intended to resume service by the summer of 2018[8] but later stated that it could be a long time before service is restored.[9]

  • The collapsed bridge over the Kagetsugawa River.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 41,755 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 114 passengers.[10]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "光岡" [Teruoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 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. 38, 73. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. ^ "光岡" [Teruoka]. Retrieved 8 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Death toll from Kyushu rains hits 22 as searches, evacuations continue". Mainichi Daily News. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  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. p. 227. 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. 739. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. ^ "平成29年7月九州北部豪雨による久大本線・日田彦山線の状況について" [The situation of the Kyudai and Hitahikosan Lines after the torrential rain in Northern Kyushu in July 2017] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See also for pictures of the collapsed bridge.
  9. ^ "Suspension of the train service" (PDF). JR Kyushu. September 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  10. ^ "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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