Higo Kouda Station | |
Native Name: | 肥後高田駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Naragimachi, Yatsushiro-shi, Kumamoto-ken 866-0064 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 32.4753°N 130.6125°W |
Operator: | Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd. |
Line: | Hisatsu Orange Railway |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | At-grade |
Code: | OR02 |
Map Type: | Japan Kumamoto Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Higo-Kōda Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway
The station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai. It is located 4.8 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of two opposed side platforms at grade, connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.[1] [2]
Higo Kouda Station was opened on 17 July 1933 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway. On 1 October 2019 the station name sign was updated with the introduction of station numbering. The English name was changed from "Higo Kouda" to "Higo-Kōda."
The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 470 passengers.[3]