Buzen-Zenkōji Station Explained

Buzen-Zenkoji Station
Native Name:豊前善光寺駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Symbol Location:jp
Symbol:jrk
Style:JR Kyushu
Address:Higashitakei, Usa-shi, Ōita-ken 879-0309
Country:Japan
Coordinates:33.5664°N 131.3231°W
Operator: JR Kyushu
Line: Nippō Main Line
Distance:65.5 km from
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:At grade
Accessible:No - platforms linked by footbridge
Status:Unstaffed
Passengers:257 daily
Pass Year:FY2015
Map Type:Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Buzen-Zenkōji Station
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:17

is a passenger railway station located in the city of Usa, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 65.5 km from the starting point of the line at .

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. There had once been a side and an island platform but the centre track has been removed, leaving two side platforms. The station building is a modern steel structure which serves only to house a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[2] [3]

Platforms

History

The private Hōshū Railway opened the station on 25 September 1897 with the name as an intermediate station on the Hōshū Railway, a line which it had laid from to . The Hōshū Railway was acquired by the Kyushu Railway on 3 September 1901 and the Kyushu Railway was itself nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) designated the station as part of the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909. The station was renamed first as on 24 April 1919 and finally to Buzen-Zenkoji on 1 September the same year. 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.

The station became unstaffed in 2016.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 93,756 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 257 passengers.[5]

Surrounding area

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JR Kyushu Route Map. JR Kyushu. 23 February 2018.
  2. Web site: 豊前善光寺. Buzen-Zenkoji. 2 May 2018. hacchi-no-he.net.
  3. Book: Kawashima, Ryōzō. ja: 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. 2013 . Kodansha. 9784062951630. Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area. Japanese. 48, 79.
  4. Web site: 駅営業体制の見直しについて. Revision of station business system. JR Kyushu. 25 February 2016. 16 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130609/http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/top_info/pdf/751/ekigyoumutaiseiminaoshihp.pdf. 2016-03-05. dead.
  5. Web site: 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. 8 April 2018. Oita Prefectural Government website. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).