Aburatsu Station

Aburatsu Station (油津駅, Aburatsu-eki) is a train station in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.[1][2]

Aburatsu Station

油津駅
Aburatsu Station in 2013
General information
LocationJapan
Coordinates31°35′14″N 131°23′45″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nichinan Line
Distance46.0 km from Minami-Miyazaki
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2 + 1 passing loop
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusKan'i itaku agent on site
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened19 April 1937 (1937-04-19)
Passengers
FY2016148 daily
Location
Aburatsu Station is located in Japan
Aburatsu Station
Aburatsu Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 46.0 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade with a passing loop running on the west side. The station building is a wooden structure built in western style. It houses a waiting area and a ticket window. The station is not staffed by JR Kyushu but some types of tickets are available from a kan'i itaku agent on site who manages the ticket window.[2][3][4]

  • The station building in 2018, in the colour scheme of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team, paid with a crowd funding project by fans.
    The station building in 2018, in the colour scheme of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team, paid with a crowd funding project by fans.[5]

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Nichinan Line
Nichinan Local Ōdōtsu

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Shibushi Line from Nishi-Miyakonojō to Sueyoshi (now closed) in 1923. By 1925, the line had been extended eastwards to the east coast of Kyushu at Shibushi. The line was then extended northwards in phases, reaching Ōdōtsu by 1936. The track was extended further north with Aburatsu opening as the northern terminus on 19 April 1937. It became a through-station on 28 October 1941 when the track was extended to Kitagō. The route was designated the Nichinan Line on 8 May 1963. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[6][7][8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 148 passengers (boarding only) per day.[9]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "油津" [Aburatsu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. 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. 55, 96. ISBN 9784062951661.
  4. "油津駅" [Aburatsu Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 11 May 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  5. "油津駅を日本一のカープ駅に！" [Aburatsu Station is Japan's best Carp Station]. faavo.jp. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  6. 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. 232–3. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  7. 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. 775. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  8. 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.
  9. "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].
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