Hita Station Explained

Hita Station
Native Name:	日田駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Symbol Location:	jp
Symbol:	jrk
Style:	JR Kyushu
Address:	11-1 Motomachi, Hita-shi, Ōita-ken 877-0013
Country:	Japan
Coordinates:	33.317°N 130.9386°W
Operator:	JR Kyushu
Line:	Kyūdai Main Line Hitahikosan Line (BRT)
Distance:	47.6 km from
Platforms:	2 side platforms
Tracks:	3
Structure:	At grade
Status:	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Passengers:	640 daily
Pass Year:	FY2018
Map Type:	Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:	Hita Station
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Zoom:	17

is a railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Hita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

Lines

The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 47.6 km from the starting point of the line at . It was also the terminus of the 68.7 kilometer Hitahikosan Line until that line was closed in 2017 and replaced by a BRT.

Layout

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform connected to the reinforced concrete station building by an underground passage. There are also three siding tracks.The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.^[2] The ticket gate is only at the south exit (southwest side) of the station, but there is an underground free passage (different from the underground passage to the platform) adjacent to the station building that connects the south exit and the northeast side.The Hitahikosan Line BRT departs from and arrives at the boarding area located at the rotary in front of the station (south exit).

Platforms

History

In 1915, the Daito Railway Co. opened the 22 km Oita - Onoya section. The company was nationalised in 1922, and westerly extensions were undertaken in stages from 1923 until Amagase was reached in 1933. The section between Kurume and Chikugoyoshi was opened in 1928, and easterly extensions to Amagase opened between 1931 and 1934. 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 March 1934- Kyūdai Line (Kitayamada Station to Hita Station) opened. The station opened along with the line.^{[3] [4]}
• 15 November 1934 - Kyūdai Line was extended from this station to Amagase station.^{[3] [4]}
• 27 June 1937 - Kyūdai Line renamed as Kyūdai Main Line.
• 1972 -Reconstruction of station building.^[5] 。
• 1984 - reconstruction of surround area and the square in front of the station.^{[6] [7]}
• 1987
  • 5 February - green window opened.^[8]
  • 1 April - JNR division and privatization. The station is inherited by Kyushu Railway Company.^{[9] [10]}
• 28 March 2015- station building renovated.
• 2017
  • 5 July - The bridge over the Oita River between Chikugo Oisha and Teruoka was demolished by heavy rain. Sections between Hita Station and Ukiha Station on Kyūdai Main Line and between Hita Station and Soeda Station on Hitahikosan Line were closed.
  • 18 July 2017 - service between Ukiha and Mitsuoka Stations resumed. The service between Mitsuoka Station and Hita Station was connected by shuttle bus.
• 14 July 2018 - section between Mitsuoka Station and Hita Station reopened.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 783 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 193rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[11]

Surrounding area

• Hita City Hall
• Kage High School
• Oita Prefectural Hita High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Hita (JR Kyushu)

Notes and References

1. Web site: JR Kyushu Route Map. JR Kyushu. 23 February 2018.
2. 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. 38, 73.
3. 渡辺澄夫 『大分の歴史(10) 地誌・民俗・年表』 大分合同新聞社、1977年11月15日。
4. 『大分県史 近代編 3』 大分県、1987年。
5. "日田駅装い新たに スギの香り心地よく". 大分合同新聞 (大分合同新聞社). (2015年3月29日)
6. News: 水郷の玄関口ゆったり 日田駅前広場の改修、6月終了. 大分合同新聞. 2019-05-12.
7. Web site: JR日田駅前広場整備事業. 日田市 土木建築部 都市整備課. November 2016. 2019-06-01. 1 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190601225541/http://www.city.hita.oita.jp/material/files/group/29/92603616.pdf. dead.
8. 日本経済新聞1987年2月3日西部朝刊 社会面 17ページ
9. 『交通年鑑 昭和63年版』 交通協力会、1988年3月。
10. 今村都南雄 『民営化の效果と現実NTTとJR』 中央法規出版、1997年8月。
11. Web site: 駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）. Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170801162701/http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/company/info/data/pdf/2016jousya.pdf. 1 August 2017. 3 March 2018.