Mukainoharu Station

Mukainoharu Station

向之原駅
Kyushu Railway Company
Mukainoharu Station in April 2014
General information
LocationHasamamachi Mukainoharu, Yufu-shi, Ōita-ken 879-5502
Japan
Coordinates33°11′48″N 131°30′50″E / 33.19667°N 131.51389°E / 33.19667; 131.51389
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kyūdai Main Line
Distance127.7 km from Kurume
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2 + 1 siding
Construction
AccessibleNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened30 October 1915 (1915-10-30)
Previous namesMukainohara (until 1 December 1922)
Passengers
FY2016609 daily
Rank221st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Onigase
towards Kurume
 Kyūdai Main Line Bungo-Kokubu
towards Ōita
Location
Mukainoharu Station is located in Oita Prefecture
Mukainoharu Station
Mukainoharu Station
Location within Oita Prefecture
Mukainoharu Station is located in Japan
Mukainoharu Station
Mukainoharu Station
Mukainoharu Station (Japan)
Map

Mukainoharu Station (向之原駅, Mukainoharu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Hasama neighborhood of the city of Yufu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]

Lines

Mukainoharu Station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 127.7 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3]

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks with a siding. The platforms are connected by a footbridge. The station building is a modern steel frame structure which houses a waiting area, a staffed ticket window, an automatic ticket vending machine, a SUGOCA card charge machine and a SUGOCA card reader.[3][2]

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 counter which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

Platforms

1 ■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line for Yufuin, Hita and Kurume
2 ■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line for Kaku and Ōita

History

The station opened on 30 October 1915 as a station on the Daito Railway (大湯鉄道) with the name originally read as "Mukainohara".[6] The Daito Railway was nationalized and absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways on 1 December 1922, and the reading of the station name was changed to "Mukainoharu" from this date, although the Japanese characters for the name remained unchanged.[6] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 609 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 221st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "向之原" [Mukainoharu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 40, 74. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. ^ "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  5. ^ "向之原駅" [Mukainoharu Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 13 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  6. ^ a b c Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 742. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  7. ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

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