Beppu Daigaku Station | |
Native Name: | 別府大学駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | 1 Shōninhonmachi, Beppu-shi, Ōita-ken 874-0032 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 33.3131°N 131.4994°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Nippō Main Line |
Distance: | 117.0 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
Passengers: | 1,828 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2016 |
Pass Rank: | 101st (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Map Type: | Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Beppu Daigaku |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Beppu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 117.0 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. There is no standalone station building. The ticket window is located on the ground floor of the, a hostel with rooms to let. The platforms are linked by a footbridge.[2] [3] [4]
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.[5] [6]
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.
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,828 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 101st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]