Mimata Station (三股駅, Mimata-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Mimata, Miyazaki, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.[1][2]
Mimata Station 三股駅  | |||||||||||
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 Mimata Station in 2009 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kabayama, Mimata-shi, Kitamorokata-gun, Miyazaki-ken 889-1901 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°44′02″N 131°07′11″E / 31.73389°N 131.11972°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 385.6 km from Kokura | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No - platform accessed by footbridge | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 February 1914 | ||||||||||
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| FY2016 | 260 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 385.6 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]
Layout
editThe station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is a wooden structure remodelled recently in western style. It houses an enclosed waiting room and an automatic ticket vending machine. The ticket window is unstaffed. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3][4]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ ■ Nippō Main Line | for Miyakonojō and Kagoshima-Chūō |
| 2 | ■ ■ Nippō Main Line | for Minami-Miyazaki and Miyazaki |
History
editJapanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Miyazaki Line from Yoshimatsu to Miyakonojō on 8 October 1913. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended east, with Mimata opening as the new terminus on 11 February 1914. On 15 August the same year, it became a through-station when the track was extended to Yamanokuchi. By 21 September 1917, the track had reached Miyazaki and line was renamed the Miyazaki Main Line. By 1923, the track had reached north to link up with the track of the Nippō Main Line at Shigeoka. On 15 December 1923, Mimata was designated as part of the Nippō Main Line together with the entire stretch through Miyazaki, Miyakonojō to Yoshimatsu. Freight operations were discontinued in 1984. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[5][6]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 260 passengers (boarding only) per day.[7]
See also
editSurrounding area
edit- Mimata Town Hall
- Mimata Municipal Mimata Elementary School
References
edit- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "三股" [Mimata]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 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. 61, 91. ISBN 9784062951661.
- ^ "三股" [Mimata]. Retrieved 6 May 2018. Has photos of the station building before and after remodelling, which reportedly took place in 2009.
- ^ 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. pp. 228–9, 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. 760. 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
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Media related to Mimata Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Mimata (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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