Kouchiumi Station (小内海駅, Kouchiumi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.[1][2]
Kouchiumi Station 小内海駅  | |||||||||||
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 Kouchiumi Station in 2009 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Uchiumi, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki-ken, 889-2301 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°44′16″N 131°27′58″E / 31.73778°N 131.46611°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Nichinan Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 19.9 km from Minami-Miyazaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Sidehill cutting | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Designated parking area for bicycles | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No - steps lead up to platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 8 May 1963 | ||||||||||
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| FY2016 | 6 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 19.9 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.[3] Only local trains stop at this station.
Layout
editThe station, which is not staffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track on a sidehill cutting grade. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. From the access road, a flight of steps leads up to the platform. There is no station forecourt and no parking available for cars but a designated parking area for bicycles is provided near the steps.[2][3]
History
editThe private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened a line on 31 October 1913 between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (a station of the same name but at a different location from this present one). The line and its stations closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from Kitagō towards Minami-Miyazaki using largely the same route. The linkup, which included the reopening of several previously closed stations, was completed on 8 May 1963, and inc whereupon the route was renamed the Nichinan Line. Kouchiumi was one of several new intermediate stations which were opened on the same day. The platform was lengthened by 20 meters in 1978, giving it an effective length of 90 meters. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[4][5]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 6 passengers (boarding only) per day.[6]
Surrounding area
edit- Kinchaku Island
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "小内海" [Kouchiumi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 9 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7巻 宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 54, 95. ISBN 9784062951661.
- ^ 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. 774. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号 九州 沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 21, 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
- ^ "宮崎県統計年鑑 鉄道輸送実績（１日平均）" [Miyazaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook Railway Transportation Record (daily average)]. Miyazaki Prefectural Government website. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018. See the table for 平成28年度 [fiscal 2016].
External links
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- Kouchiumi (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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