Sashiu Station | |
Native Name: | 佐志生駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | Sashiu, Usuki-shi, Ōita-ken 875-0001 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 33.1744°N 131.8178°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Nippō Main Line |
Distance: | 159.0 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | Side hill cutting |
Bicycle: | Bike shed |
Accessible: | No - island platform accessed by footbridge |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 66 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2015 |
Map Type: | Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Sashiu Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Usuki, Ōita, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 159.0 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station, which is not staffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks on a side hill cutting. There is no station building but a simple hexagonal shed has been set up as a waiting room. A shelter housing an automatic ticket vending machine is also provided at the station entrance. Access to island platform is by means of a footbridge. A bike shed is provided near the station entrance.[2] [3] [4]
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 1 October 1947 as an additional station on the existing track of its Nippō 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 2015, there were a total of 24,101 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 66 passengers.[5]