Nishi-Izumi Station | |
Native Name: | 西出水駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Nishiizumicho, Izumi-shi, Kagoshima-ken 899-0213 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 32.0753°N 130.3392°W |
Operator: | Hisatsu Orange Railway |
Line: | Hisatsu Orange Railway Line |
Distance: | 68.3 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | At-grade |
Code: | OR17 |
Former: | Takemoto (until 1928) |
Passengers: | 439 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Kagoshima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Nishi-Izumi Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a railway station in Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan.is a passenger railway station located in the city of Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the It is operated by third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway.[1] [2]
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 68.3 km from the starting point of the line at .[1]
The station consists of one island platform at street level. It has a reinforced concrete station building with a level crossing.
The station opened as on October 15, 1923, on the Japanese Government Railways Sendai Line, which was incorporated into the Kagoshima Main Line on 17 October 1927. 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. The station name was changed to the present one on July 11, 1928.
The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 439 people. [3]