Kodomonokuni Station (子供の国駅, Kodomonokuni-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.[1][2]
Kodomokuni Station 子供の国駅  | |||||||||||
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 Kodomonokuni Station in 2014 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kaeda, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki-ken 889-2161 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°48′26″N 131°27′26″E / 31.80722°N 131.45722°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Nichinan Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 11.4 km from Minami-Miyazaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes - ramp to station building | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 22 October 1923 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Aoshima Onsen (to 1939) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2016 | 39 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 11.4 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.[3]
Layout
editThe station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. The station building, a modern concrete structure, is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room.[2][3]
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Station building, inside -
Platform
History
editThe private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 22 October 1923 with the name Aoshima Onsen (青島温泉) as an additional station on a line which it had laid in 1913 between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (now closed). On 21 March 1939, the station was renamed Kodomonokuni. The station 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 on the same route and reopened Kodomonokuni as an intermediate station on 8 May 1963. Baggage handling was discontinued in 1971, after which the station became unattended. The route was renamed the Nichinan Line on the same day. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[4][5][6]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 39 passengers (boarding only) per day.[7]
Surrounding area
edit- Kodomonokuni Amusement Park
- Aoshima Onsen
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "子供の国" [Kodomokuni]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ 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. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 232. 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. 774. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 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. 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
- ^ "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
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Media related to Kodomonokuni Station (Miyazaki) at Wikimedia Commons
- Kodomonokuni (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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