Hiji Station
Hiji Station (日出駅, Hiji-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by Kyūshū Railway Company in Hiji, Ōita, Japan.[1][2]
Hiji Station 日出駅 | |
|---|---|
 Hiji Station in July 2008 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Hiji, Ōita Japan |
| Coordinates | 33°22′09″N 131°32′32″E |
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR Kyushu |
| Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line |
| Distance | 107.2 km from Kokura |
| Platforms | 1 island platform |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Embankment |
| Accessible | No - steps up to platform |
| Other information | |
| Status | Kan'i itaku station |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 22 March 1911 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2016 | 533 daily |
| Rank | 238th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Location | |
  Hiji Station Location within Japan | |
Lines
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 107.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]
Layout
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks on an embankment. Access to the platform is by a flight of steps from within an underpass which goes through the embankment and which also serves as a free passage, connecting the streets on both sides of the tracks. A simple timber station building on the island platform houses a staffed ticket window and awaiting area.[2][3][4]
The station is not staffed by JR Kyushu but the local town authorities act as a kan'i itaku agent manages the ticket window which is equipped with a POS machine.[5][6]
The station building sited on the island platform.
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 in phases, with Hiji opening as the new southern terminus on 22 March 1911. It became a through-station on 16 July 1911 when the track was extended further south to Beppu. 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.[7][8]
The station became unstaffed on 1 April 2016. In order to maintain service to the residents, the Hiji town authorities took over the staffing of the ticket window as a kan'i itaku agent.[5]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 533 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 238th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]
See also
References
- "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- "日出" [Hiji]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 1 May 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. 44, 80. ISBN 9784062951630.
- "中山香" [Hiji]. Retrieved 1 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
- "日出町広報誌2016年4月号" [Hiji News Magazine 2016 April] (PDF). Hiji Town. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - "日出" [Hiji 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.
