Hiu Station

Hiu Station (日宇駅, Hiu-eki) is a railway station in Hiu Town, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Sasebo Line.[1][2]

Hiu Station

日宇駅
Hiu Station in April 2008
General information
LocationSasebo-shi, Nagasaki-ken
Japan
Coordinates33°09′27″N 129°45′29″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Sasebo Line
Distance45.5 km from Hizen-Yamaguchi
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Bicycle facilitiesDesignated parking area for bikes
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened26 December 1910 (1910-12-26)
Passengers
FY2016403 daily
Rank269th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Hiu Station is located in Japan
Hiu Station
Hiu Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 45.5 km from the starting point of the line at Hizen-Yamaguchi.[3] Besides the Sasebo Line local services, the JR Kyushu Rapid Seaside Liner also stops at the station. In addition, although Haiki is the official starting point of the Ōmura Line, most of its local services run on to terminate at Sasebo using the Sasebo Line track.[4]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding. A simple shelter is provided at the station as a waiting room. Another shelter is provided on the platform, together with an automatic ticket vending machine.[2][3]

  • A bamboo plaque which asserts that the station is the 2nd westernmost railway station in Japan.
    A bamboo plaque which asserts that the station is the 2nd westernmost railway station in Japan.
  • A view of the platform and tracks. The siding can be seen to the far left.
    A view of the platform and tracks. The siding can be seen to the far left.

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Sasebo Line
Daitō Local Sasebo
Ōmura Line
Daitō Local Sasebo
JR Kyushu Rapid
Sasebo Seaside Liner Daitō

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 26 December 1910 as an additional station on the existing track of the Sasebo Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[5][6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 403 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 269th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

Environs
  • National Route 35
  • Hiu Post Office
  • Sasebo City Office Hiu Branch
  • Japanet Takata
  • Sasebo-Minami High School
  • Sasebo National College of Technology

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "日宇" [Hiu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 22 March 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5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 26, 71. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. "日宇" [Hiu]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  5. 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. 225. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  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. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 729. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  7. "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.
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