Tōkai-Gakuen-mae Station

Tōkai-Gakuen-mae Station (東海学園前駅, Tōkai-Gakuen-mae-eki) is a railway station on the Hōhi Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu in Higashi-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.[1][2] The station name means, literally, in front of Tokai University.

Tōkai-Gakuen-mae Station

東海学園前駅
Tōkai-Gakuen-mae Station in 2006
General information
LocationJapan
Coordinates32°48′42″N 130°44′34″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Hōhi Main Line
Distance7.8 km from Kumamoto
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 November 1986 (1986-11-01)
Passengers
FY20161,622 daily
Rank111st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Tōkai-Gakuen-mae Station is located in Japan
Tōkai-Gakuen-mae Station
Tōkai-Gakuen-mae Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 7.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. There is no station building only a shelter on the platform. A staffed ticket booth is located on the other side of the track, within the premises of the Tokai University Kumamoto campus. From there, a level crossing is used to access the platform.[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 booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Hōhi Main Line
Suizenji Local Tatsutaguchi

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 November 1986 as an addition station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, Takio came under the control of JR Kyushu.[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,622 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 111st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "東海学園前" [Tōkai-Gakuen-mae]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 April 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6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 34, 77. ISBN 9784062951654.
  4. "東海学園前" [Tōkai-Gakuen-mae]. Retrieved 18 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. "熊本支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kumamoto Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. "東海学園前駅" [Tōkai-Gakuen-mae Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  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. 744. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  8. "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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