Sagarahan-Ganjōji Station Explained

Sagarahan-Ganjōji Station
Native Name:	相良藩願成寺駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	Hitoyoshi
Borough:	Kumamoto Prefecture
Country:	Japan
Coordinates:	32.2184°N 130.7696°W
Operator:	Kumagawa Railroad
Line:	Yunomae Line
Code:	2
Opened:	1 April 1937
Passengers:	347 per day
Pass Year:	FY2018
Map Type:	Japan

Sagarahan-Ganjōji Station (相良藩願成寺駅, Sagarahan ganjōji eki) is a railway station in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is on the Kumagawa Railroad Yunomae Line. The station opened on 1 April 1937.

History

• 1 April 1937 - The station opened under the control of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) as Higashi Hitoyoshi station.^[1]
• 1 June 1949 - JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR)
• 20 January 1959 - Freight services stopped on the line
• 1 April 1987 - JNR becomes privatized, and the station comes under the control of the newly created Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu)
• 10 October 1989 - The Yunomae Line was transferred to the newly incorporated third-sector railroad, Kumagawa Railway. The station was also renamed to its current name.
• 23 April 1992 - The station was renovated.^[2]

Lines/Layout

The station is served by the Kumagawa Railroad Yunomae Line. The station has 1 track serving both directions with 1 side platform. The station was renovated in 1997.^[3]

Passenger stats

Year	Daily Passengers	Daily Boarding and Alighting^[4]
2011	345^[5]	683
2012	343^[6]	682
2013	355^[7]	707
2014	340^[8]	674
2015	323^[9]	642
2016	393^[10]	642
2017	341^[11]	773
2018	347^[12]	691

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

Notes and References

1. Book: ja: 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 . Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR. JTB . Ishino. Tetsu. 1998 . Japan . ja . II. 711. 978-4-533-02980-6. 停車場変遷大事典: 国鉄・jr編.
2. News: 人吉市で駅舎内に「こども図書館. . 1997-04-24 . 朝刊 . 熊本日日新聞社 . 24 .
3. News: 図書室と学習室を併設、くま川鉄道、相良藩願成寺駅が完成　熊本 . 西日本新聞. 1997-04-09 . 朝刊 . . 22 .
4. http://ekinenpyou.webcrow.jp/gmap/81c-gmap.html 国土数値情報(駅別乗降客数データ)
5. http://kyushu-transport.or.jp/transport/h24_survey.pdf
6. http://kyushu-transport.or.jp/transport/h25_survey.pdf
7. http://kyushu-transport.or.jp/transport/h26_survey.pdf
8. http://kyushu-transport.or.jp/transport/h27_survey.pdf
9. http://kyushu-transport.or.jp/transport/h28_survey.pdf
10. http://kyushu-transport.or.jp/transport/h29_survey.pdf
11. http://kyushu-transport.or.jp/transport/h30_survey.pdf
12. https://wwwtb.mlit.go.jp/kyushu/content/000162188.pdf