Sadowara Station
Sadowara Station 佐土原駅 JR Kyushu
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Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 326.7 km from Kokura | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 + 1 passing loop and 1 siding | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Accessible | No - island platformed accessed by footbridge | ||||||||||
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Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Opened | 11 September 1920 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Hirose (until 1 July 1965) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2016 | 1,075 daily | ||||||||||
Rank | 155th (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||||||||
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Sadowara Station (佐土原駅, Sadowara-eki) is a passenger
Lines
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 326.7 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]
Layout
The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks at grade. Track/platform 1, directly access from the station building, is a dead-end siding that only serves trains heading to/from the direction of Miyazaki to the south. The island platform with tracks 2 and 3 is accessed by a footbridge. A passing loop runs between tracks 1 and 2. The station building is a modern flat-roofed concrete structure which houses a waiting area, a staffed ticket window, an automatic ticket vending machine, and SUGOCA card reader and charge machine. Adjacent to the station building and beside track 1 is a container terminer, formerly served by rail but now part of the Sadowara ORS (off-rail station) which only uses trucks.[2][3][4]
Management of the passenger facilities at 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.[5][6]
Platforms
1 | ■ ■ Nippō Main Line | for Miyakonojō and Kagoshima-Chūō |
2 | ■ ■ Nippō Main Line | for Minami-Miyazaki and Miyazaki |
History
In 1913, the Miyazaki Prefectural Railway (宮崎県営鉄道) had opened a line from
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,075 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 155th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[10]
Sadowara Off-Rail Station
The Sadowara Off-Rail Station (abbreviation: Sadowara ORS) is a fright container collection and delivery base that belongs to JR Freight and is located on the north side of the station building. It handles container cargo (12-foot containers only), and truck services, which replace freight trains, operate twice a day between here and Nobeoka Station.
Surrounding area
- Miyazaki City Hall Sadowara General Branch (former Sadowara Town Hall)
- Miyazaki City Hirose Elementary School
- Miyazaki City Hirose Junior High School
See also
References
- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "佐土原" [Sadowara]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9784062951654.
- ^ "日豊本線 佐土原駅 国鉄の薫り" [Nippō Main Line Sadowara Station]. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
- ^ "鹿児島支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kagoshima Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "佐土原駅" [Sadowara Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 20 May 2018. See images of tickets sold.
- ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ISBN 9784107900302.
- ^ "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.
External links
Media related to Sadowara Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Sadowara (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)