Shigeoka Station Explained

Shigeoka Station
Native Name:重岡駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Symbol Location:jp
Symbol:jrk
Style:JR Kyushu
Address:Ume Oaza Ohira, Saiki-shi, Ōita-ken 879-3201
Country:Japan
Coordinates:32.8403°N 131.7156°W
Operator: JR Kyushu
Line: Nippō Main Line
Distance:224.2 km from
Platforms:1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks:3 + 1 siding
Structure:At grade
Accessible:No - platform accessed by footbridge
Status:Unstaffed
Passengers:16 daily
Pass Year:FY2015
Map Type:Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Shigeoka Station
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:17

is a passenger railway station located in the city of Saiki, Ōita, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 224.2 km from the starting point of the line at .

Layout

The station, which is not staffed, consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. A siding branches off track 1, ending on the other side of the side platform. There is no station building, but a wooden shed in traditional Japanese style has been set up as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2] [3]

Platforms

History

The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from to down the east coast of Kyushu. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases over the next 13 years, establishing Shigeoka as its southern terminus on 26 March 1922. Subsequently, the track was further extended to meet the Miyazaki Main Line which had been extending northwards from and which had reached by July 1923. The link up between the two lines was achieved on 15 December 1923, and through traffic was thus established from Kokura in the north through Shigeoka to . The entire stretch of track was then renamed the 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 5,978 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 16 passengers.[4]

Surrounding area

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JR Kyushu Route Map. JR Kyushu. 23 February 2018.
  2. Web site: 重岡. Shigeoka. 19 June 2018. hacchi-no-he.net.
  3. Book: Kawashima, Ryōzō. ja: 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第6巻 熊本 大分 エリア. 2013 . Kodansha. 9784062951654. Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area. Japanese. 48, 83.
  4. Web site: 平成28年版 大分県統計年鑑 11 運輸および通信. Oita Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition Section 11 Transportation and Communications. 8 April 2018. Oita Prefectural Government website. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).