Teruoka Station | |
Native Name: | 光岡駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | Tomoda, Hita-shi, Ōita-ken 877-0078 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 33.3276°N 130.92°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Kyūdai Main Line |
Distance: | 45.2 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 114 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2015 |
Map Type: | Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Teruoka Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Hita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.[1]
The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 45.2 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding. The station building is a modern structure but built in traditional Japanese style with a tiled roof. It is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing.[2] [3] [4]
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Kyudai Main Line on 24 December 1928 with a track between and and had extended the line east to by 12 March 1932. In a further phase of expansion, the track was extended east with opening as the eastern terminus on 3 March 1934. Teruoka opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.
In July 2017, torrential rainfall led to the railway bridge across the Kagetsugawa River about 1 km east of the station being swept away, cutting the line. Through service between Teruoka and the next station at was suspended.[5] JR Kyushu said it intended to resume service by the summer of 2018[6] On 14 July 2018 section of the Kyudai Main Line between Mitsuoka Station and Hita Station reopened. However, the Hitahikosan Line was replaced in 2023 by a BRT service.
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 41,755 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 114 passengers.[7]