Uchiumi Station
Uchiumi Station (内海駅, Uchiumi-eki) is a train station in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.[1][2] The station is distinct and at a different location from another station nearby of the same name which was opened in 1913 and closed in 1962.[3]
Uchiumi Station 内海駅 | |
|---|---|
 Uchiumi Station in 2008 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Japan |
| Coordinates | 31°45′31″N 131°28′03″E |
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR Kyushu |
| Line(s) | ■ Nichinan Line |
| Distance | 17.5 km from Minami-Miyazaki |
| Platforms | 1 side platform |
| Tracks | 1 + 1 siding |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At grade |
| Other information | |
| Status | Unstaffed |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 8 May 1963 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2016 | 19 daily |
| Location | |
  Uchiumi Station Location within Japan | |
Lines
The station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 17.5 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.[4]
Layout
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. There is no station building but a shed built near the station entrance serves as a waiting room. An automatic ticket vending machine has not been installed.[2][4]
History
The private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened a line on 31 October 1913 between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (a station of the same name but at a different location from this present one). The line and its stations closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from Kitagō towards Minami-Miyazaki using largely the same route. The linkup, which included the reopening of some previously closed Miyazaki Railway stations, was completed on 8 May 1963, whereupon the route was renamed the Nichinan Line. Uchiumi was also opened on the same day. It used the name of a previously closed station nearby, but was a new station at a different location. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[3][5]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 19 passengers (boarding only) per day.[6]
See also
References
- "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- "内海" [Uchiumi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- 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.
- 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. 54, 95. ISBN 9784062951661.
- 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. 774. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- "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. Retrieved 6 May 2018. See the table for 平成28年度 [fiscal 2016].
External links
- Uchiumi (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)