Yanagigaura Station

Coordinates: 33°33′55″N 131°21′45″E / 33.56528°N 131.36250°E / 33.56528; 131.36250
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Yanagigaura Station

柳ヶ浦駅
Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened22 April 1911 (1911-04-22)
Previous names
  • Nagasu (until 1 March 1898)
  • Usa (until 15 October 1909)
Passengers
FY2016688 daily
Rank211st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Buzen-Nagasu
towards Kagoshima
 Nippō Main Line Buzen-Zenkōji
towards Kokura
Location
Yanagigaura Station is located in Oita Prefecture
Yanagigaura Station
Yanagigaura Station
Location within Oita Prefecture
Yanagigaura Station is located in Japan
Yanagigaura Station
Yanagigaura Station
Yanagigaura Station (Japan)
Map

Yanagigaura Station (柳ヶ浦駅, Yanagigaura-eki) is a passenger

JR Kyushu. [1]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 69.1 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[2]

Layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge with an elevator. Platform 1 on the side platform is mainly used for outbound trains, platform 3 on the south side of the island platform is mainly used for inbound trains, and platform 2 on the north side of the island platform is used for evacuation of trains on the up and down lines and for trains departing from this station. Additionally, there is a secondary main track for upbound trains that does not have a platform on the south side of platform 3.[2]

In the past, there was a Yanagigaura Engine Depot and there was a section with a steep gradient of 25/1000 around Tateishi Pass, so reorganizing train formations and connecting auxiliary equipment was carried out at this station. This was resolved in 1966 with the opening of the Shin Tateishi Tunnel". As a remnant of this, eight siding tracks remain on the south side of the upstream main track, one of which is used for parking track for maintenance vehicles, and the other seven are used for overnight parking of commercial vehicles. The station is a subcontracted station where JR Kyushu Service Support is entrusted with station operations, and there is a

Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]

Platforms

1 ■ ■ Nippō Main Line for Beppu and Ōita
2, 3 ■ ■ Nippō Main Line for Nakatsu and Kokura
  • View of the platforms and tracks.
    View of the platforms and tracks.
  • A view of the sidings south of the station.
    A view of the sidings south of the station.

History

The private Hōshū Railway opened the station on 25 September 1897 with the name Nagasu (長洲) as the southern terminus of a line it had laid from

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) designated the station as part of the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909. Three days later, on 15 October 1909, the station was renamed Yanagigaura. JGR extended the track southwards from here to the present Usa on 21 December 1909. On 15 December 1923, the station became part of the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[3][4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 688 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 211th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[5]

Surrounding area

  • Oita Prefectural Museum of History

See also

References

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9784062951630
    .
  3. ISBN 4-533-02980-9
    .
  4. ISBN 4-533-02980-9
    .
  5. ^ "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

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