| Takajō Station | |
| Native Name: | 高城駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | 14 Takajōshinmachi, Ōita-shi, Ōita-ken, 870-0156 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 33.2428°N 131.6553°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Nippō Main Line |
| Distance: | 138.0 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 2 + 1 siding |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Accessible: | No - platform accessed by footbridge |
| Status: | Unmanned station Smart support station introduction station. |
| Passengers: | 1,800 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2016 |
| Pass Rank: | 102nd (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Takajō Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 138.0 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a small modern concrete structure located on the island platform and is accessed by a footbridge which also serves as a free passage, linking streets on both sides of the track. A staffed ticket window is located inside the station building.[2] [3] [4]
The station is unmanned, but there is an automatic ticket vending machine.
The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from to . 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. On 1 April 1914, was opened as the new southern terminus after the track had been extended south from . On the same day, Takajō was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was 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.
JR Kyushu had planned to convert Takajō (with several other stations in Ōita City) into an unstaffed, remotely-managed "Smart Support Station" by 17 March 2018 but after opposition from users, this was postponed, pending works to improve accessibility.[5] It was then introduced on 1 July 2023.[6]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,800 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 102nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]