Era Station
Era Station 恵良駅 JR Kyushu | |||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Kyūdai Main Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 77.3 km from Kurume | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 + 1 siding | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 15 December 1929 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2015 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2015 | 41 daily | ||||||||||
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Era Station (恵良駅, Era-eki) is a passenger
Lines
The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 77.3 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3]
Layout
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade with a siding. The station building, built in 2015, is a plaster wall traditional Japanese design made to resemble a sake brewery. It houses a waiting area as well as a museum on the history of the town. From the station building, a short flight of steps leads up to platform 1. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a level crossing.[3][2][4][5]
Platforms
1 | ■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line | for Yufuin and Ōita |
2 | ■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line | for Hita and Kurume |
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The old station building which burned down in 2014.
History
The private Daito Railway (大湯鉄道) had opened a track between
In the early hours of 18 January 2014, the original station building built in 1929 and an adjoining residence burned down in a fire.[8][9] Subsequently, the Kokonoe town authorities rebuilt the station building, opening it in March 2015. The new building also housed a museum featuring exhibits about the local sake brewing industry. In keeping with this theme, the station building was designed to resemble the nearby Yatsushika Brewery, complete with a ball of cedar needles indicating that a fresh batch of sake has been brewed. The building is in dozo dzukuri style with white plaster namako walls similar to the station at Chikugo-Yoshii.[10]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 14,803 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 41 passengers.[11]
Surrounding area
- Yatsushika sake brewery - the station building was designed to resemble this nearby brewery[12]
- Higashi-Iida Junior High School
- Higashi-Iida Elementary School
See also
References
- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "恵良" [Era]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9784062951630.
- ^ "久大本線・恵良駅に行ってきました" [I went to Era Station Kyudai Main Line]. Ameblo.jp. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
- ^ "恵良" [Era]. Retrieved 10 April 2018. Another blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
- ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 棟続き住宅から出火、1929年設置無人駅全焼 [1929 unstaffed station burns down]. Yomiuri Online (in Japanese). Japan: The Yomiuri Shimbun. 19 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "JR恵良駅が全焼 大分・九重、無人駅" [JR Era Station burns down. Unstaffed station in Kokonoe Ōita]. Nishinihon Shimbun. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "焼失してしまった駅舎!贅沢な駅舎に生まれ変わりました" [Station building destroyed by fire reborn as luxurious new station building.]. chin-tetsu.com. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "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).
- ^ "八鹿酒造株式会社" [Yatsushika Brewery Company Ltd.]. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
External links
Media related to Era Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Era (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)