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Usa Station

宇佐駅
Usa Station; 宇佐駅
	Usa Station in April 2016
General information
Location	Iwasaki 1218-6 Usa-shi, Ōita-ken 879-1132; Japan
Coordinates	33°31′56″N 131°24′43″E / 33.53222°N 131.41194°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	75.8 km from Kokura
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available at forecourt
Accessible	No - island platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	21 December 1909
Passengers
FY2016	423 daily
Rank	263rd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Location
Location
	Usa Station Location within Oita Prefecture Usa Station Usa Station (Japan)

Usa Station (宇佐駅, Usa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Usa, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 75.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The station building is a modern concrete block structure with a colour scheme chosen to match the Usa Jingū shrine. Facilities include a staffed ticket window, a waiting area and lockers. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.^[2]^[3]

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 booth which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[4]^[5]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Nakatsu and Kokura
2	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Nakatsu and Kokura or Beppu and Ōita
3	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Beppu and Ōita

A view of the platforms and tracks. The siding can be seen at the extreme right beyond the island platform.
The station name board makes a visual pun about the station name and the United States. There is also a graphic of the Usa shrine.
Another nameboard, with a detailed drawing of the Usa shrine.

History

The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from Kokura to Yanagigaura. 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, with Usa opening as the new southern terminus on 21 December 1909. It became a through-station on 15 December 1910 when the track was extended further to Naka-Yamaga. 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.^[6]^[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 423 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 263rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[8]

Surrounding area

Usa Jingū

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "宇佐" [Usa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ ^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. 46, 80. ISBN 9784062951630.
^ "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "宇佐駅" [Usa Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 1 May 2018. See images of tickets sold.
^ 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. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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. 752. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "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.