Buzen-Zenkōji Station (豊前善光寺駅, Buzen-Zenkōji-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Usa, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]
Buzen-Zenkoji Station 豊前善光寺駅  | |||||||||||
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 Buzen-Zenkoji Station in 2009 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Higashitakei, Usa-shi, Ōita-ken 879-0309 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°33′59″N 131°19′23″E / 33.56639°N 131.32306°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 65.5 km from Kokura | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No - platforms linked by footbridge | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 September 1897 | ||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 257 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 65.5 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]
Layout
editThe station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. There had once been a side and an island platform but the centre track has been removed, leaving two side platforms. The station building is a modern steel structure which serves only to house a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ ■ Nippō Main Line | for Nakatsu and Kokura |
| 2 | ■ ■ Nippō Main Line | for Ōita and Miyazaki |
History
editThe private Hōshū Railway opened the station on 25 September 1897 with the name Yokkaichi (四日市) as an intermediate station on the Hōshū Railway, a line which it had laid from Yukuhashi to Yanagigaura. The Hōshū Railway was acquired by the Kyushu Railway on 3 September 1901 and the Kyushu Railway was itself nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) designated the station as part of the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909. The station was renamed first as Takenogō (高家郷) on 24 April 1919 and finally to Buzen-Zenkoji on 1 September the same year. On 15 December 1923, the station became part of 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.[4][5]
The station became unstaffed in 2016.[6]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2015, there were a total of 93,756 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 257 passengers.[7]
Surrounding area
edit- Buzen-Zenko-ji temple
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "豊前善光寺" [Buzen-Zenkoji]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 2 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. 48, 79. ISBN 9784062951630.
- ^ 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. 751. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "駅営業体制の見直しについて" [Revision of station business system] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "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]. Oita Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).
External links
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Media related to Buzen-Zenkoji Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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