Mukainoharu Station (向之原駅, Mukainoharu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Hasama neighborhood of the city of Yufu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]
Mukainoharu Station 向之原駅  | |||||||||||
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 Mukainoharu Station in April 2014 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Hasamamachi Mukainoharu, Yufu-shi, Ōita-ken 879-5502 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°11′48″N 131°30′50″E / 33.19667°N 131.51389°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Kyūdai Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 127.7 km from Kurume | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 + 1 siding | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | No - platforms linked by footbridge | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 October 1915 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Mukainohara (until 1 December 1922) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2016 | 609 daily | ||||||||||
| Rank | 221st (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||||||||
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Lines
editMukainoharu Station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 127.7 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3]
Station layout
editThe station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks with a siding. The platforms are connected by a footbridge. The station building is a modern steel frame structure which houses a waiting area, a staffed ticket window, an automatic ticket vending machine, a SUGOCA card charge machine and a SUGOCA card reader.[3][2]
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 counter which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line | for Yufuin, Hita and Kurume |
| 2 | ■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line | for Kaku and Ōita |
History
editThe station opened on 30 October 1915 as a station on the Daito Railway (大湯鉄道) with the name originally read as "Mukainohara".[6] The Daito Railway was nationalized and absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways on 1 December 1922, and the reading of the station name was changed to "Mukainoharu" from this date, although the Japanese characters for the name remained unchanged.[6] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[6]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 609 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 221st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]
Surrounding area
edit- National Route 210
- Yufu City Hasama Elementary School
- Yufu City Hasama Junior High Scho
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "向之原" [Mukainoharu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 13 April 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4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 40, 74. ISBN 9784062951630.
- ^ "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "向之原駅" [Mukainoharu Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 13 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
- ^ a b c 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. 742. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "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.
External links
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Media related to Mukainoharu Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Mukainoharu (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)