| Mukainoharu Station | |
| Native Name: | 向之原駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | Hasamamachi Mukainoharu, Yufu-shi, Ōita-ken 879-5502 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 33.1967°N 131.5139°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Kyūdai Main Line |
| Distance: | 127.7 km from |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 + 1 siding |
| Accessible: | No - platforms linked by footbridge |
| Status: | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
| Former: | Mukainohara (until 1 December 1922) |
| Passengers: | 609 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2016 |
| Pass Rank: | 221st (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Mukainoharu Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in Hasama neighborhood of the city of Yufu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
Mukainoharu Station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 127.7 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks with a siding. The platforms are connected by a footbridge. The station building is a modern steel frame structure which houses a waiting area, a staffed ticket window, an automatic ticket vending machine, a SUGOCA card charge machine and a SUGOCA card reader.[2] [3]
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 counter which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4] [5]
The station opened on 30 October 1915 as a station on the with the name originally read as "Mukainohara". The Daito Railway was nationalized and absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways on 1 December 1922, and the reading of the station name was changed to "Mukainoharu" from this date, although the Japanese characters for the name remained unchanged. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (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 609 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 221st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]