| Sanrigi Station | |
| Native Name: | 三里木駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.8619°N 130.7969°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Hōhi Main Line |
| Distance: | 15.8 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 2 + 1 siding |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Bicycle: | Bike shed |
| Status: | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
| Passengers: | 542 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2016 |
| Pass Rank: | 236th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan |
is a railway station on the Hohi Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Kikuyō, Kumamoto, Japan.[1]
The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 15.8 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade with a siding. The station building is a modern concrete structure which houses a waiting area, a staffed ticket window as well as the Kikuyō town information centre. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing.[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 window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4] [5]
On 21 June 1914, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the (later the Miyagi Line) from eastwards to . On the same day, Sanrigi station was opened as one of several intermediate stations along the track. By 1928, the track had been extended eastward and had linked up with the which had been built westward from . On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto to Ōita was designated as the Hōhi Main Line. 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.
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 542 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 236th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]