Amagase Station
Amagase Station (天ヶ瀬駅, Amagase-eki) is a railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Hita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]
Amagase Station 天ヶ瀬駅 | |
|---|---|
 Amagase Station in 2008. | |
| General information | |
| Location | Japan |
| Coordinates | 33°15′18″N 131°01′29″E |
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR Kyushu |
| Line(s) | ■ Kyūdai Main Line |
| Distance | 59.5 km from Kurume |
| Platforms | 1 island platform |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At grade |
| Accessible | No - steps to platform |
| Other information | |
| Status | Staff ticket window (outsourced) |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 29 September 1933 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2016 | 130 daily |
| Location | |
  Amagase Station Location within Japan | |
Lines
The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 59.5 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3]
Layout
The station consists of an island platform with two tracks at grade. The station building is a modern structure which houses a waiting area, a staffed ticket window as well as the local tourism information centre. The platform is at a higher level than the station building and is accessed by a flight of steps.[2][3][4]
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.[5][6]
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyūdai Main Line | ||||
| Bungo-Nakagawa | Local | Sugikawachi | ||
History
The private Daito Railway (大湯鉄道) had opened a track between Ōita and Onoya in 1915. The Daito Railway was nationalized on 1 December 1922, after which Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook phased westward expansion of the track which, at the time, it had designated as the Daito Line. By 1932, the track had reached Kita-Yamada. Subsequently, the track was extended further west and Amagase opened as the new western terminus on 29 September 1933. On 15 November 1934, the track from Amagase linked up with the track of the Kyudai Main Line from Hita, establishing through-traffic from Kurume to Ōita. The track of the Daito Line was then re-designated as part of the Kyudai 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.[7][8]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 28,329 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 78 passengers.[9]
See also
References
- "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- "天ヶ瀬" [Amagase]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- 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. 38, 73. ISBN 9784062951630.
- "天ヶ瀬" [Amagase]. Retrieved 9 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
- "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- "天ヶ瀬駅" [Amagase Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 9 April 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. p. 227. 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. 740. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- "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).
