Akune Station (阿久根駅, Akune-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the It is operated by third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway.[3][4]
Akune Station
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| Location | Sakaemachi, Akune-shi, Kagoshima-ken 899-1616 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 32°01′23″N 130°11′46″E / 32.0231100°N 130.1961777°E[1] | ||||||
| Operated by | Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd. | ||||||
| Line(s) | Hisatsu Orange Railway | ||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||
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| Website | Official website (in Japanese) | ||||||
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| Opened | 15 October 1922 | ||||||
| Original company | Japanese Government Railways | ||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai.[5][6] It is located 86.2 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.[3]
Station layout
editThe station is an above-ground station with two side platforms. Formerly, the station had one single platform and one island platform. Platform 3 and the siding were removed in 1987. After that, the entire track was removed, and the site was converted into a parking lot. When the station opened, it was a single-story wooden building, but it was burned down after being hit by a direct bomb during the Akune air raid in August 1945. The current station building is the second wooden building completed in 1949, and the front was renovated and further renovated in 2014. There are two sidings at the end behind platform 1, which are remnants of the former freight platform and are now used to store maintenance vehicles.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway | for Izumi, Minamata, and Yatsushiro |
| 1 | ■ ■Hisatsu Orange Railway | for Sendai |
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Station sign -
View of platforms -
Station building with ticket machines
Adjacent stations
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| Hisatsu Orange Railway Line | ||||
| Origuchi | – | Ushinohama | ||
| Rapid Express Ocean Liner Satsuma: Does not stop at this station | ||||
History
editAkune Station was opened on 15 October 1922 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Sendai Line, which was incorporated into the Kagoshima Main Line on 17 October 1927. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.
Passenger statistics
editThe average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 574 people. [7]
Surrounding area
edit- Akune City Hall
- Akune City Akune Elementary School
- Akune Municipal Hospital
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Way: Akune (333374851)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "阿久根駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ^ a b 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. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
- ^ "阿久根駅" [Akune Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "About Orange Railway". Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "肥後高田駅". 駅探 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.
External links
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Media related to Akune Station at Wikimedia Commons- Official Hisatsu Orange Railway site (in Japanese)
- Yahoo! Japan Transit station guide
