Yōkoku Station

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Yōkoku Station

杵築駅
JR Kyushu Yokoku Station.jpg
Yōkoku Station in June 2016
LocationHiji, Ōita
Japan
Coordinates33°22′12″N 131°31′48″E / 33.37000°N 131.53000°E / 33.37000; 131.53000Coordinates: 33°22′12″N 131°31′48″E / 33.37000°N 131.53000°E / 33.37000; 131.53000
Operated byJR logo (kyushu).svg JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
Distance108.4 km from Kokura
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessYes - footbridge to platform served by elevators
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened9 March 1987 (1987-03-09)
Passengers
FY2016810 daily
Rank189th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Yōkoku Station is located in Japan
Yōkoku Station
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]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "暘谷" [Yōkoku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 29 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. 45, 80. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "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.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "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.
  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.
  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.

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