Kaizaki Station | |
Native Name: | 海崎駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | Kaizaki, Saiki-shi, Ōita-ken 876-1105 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 32.9961°N 131.8881°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Nippō Main Line |
Distance: | 194.8 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 + 1 siding |
Structure: | At grade |
Parking: | Available at forecourt |
Accessible: | No - platforms linked by footbridge |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 42 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2015 |
Map Type: | Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kaizaki Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
right|thumb|270px|Kaizaki Station in 2008 is a passenger railway station located in the city of Saiki, Ōita, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 194.8 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks, with a siding. The station building, a narrow simple wooden structure in a basic Japanese style with a tiled roof, as destroyed by a fire in 2018. The station is unstaffed. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge.[2] [3] [4]
Japanese Government Railways opened the station on 1 July 1923 as an additional station on the existing track of its then Hōshū Main Line, which was later renamed the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923. 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.
During the 2015 fiscal year, there was a total of 15,497 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 42 passengers.[5]