Takaono Station (高尾野駅, Takaono-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the It is operated by third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway.[3][4]
Takaono Station
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 Crossing and station entrance in 2009 | |||||||
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| Location | Takaonomachi Shibahiki, Izumi-shi, Kagoshima-ken 899-0402 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 32°03′45″N 130°18′07″E / 32.06249°N 130.30183°E[1] | ||||||
| Operated by | Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd. | ||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway Line | ||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||
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| Station code | OR18 | ||||||
| Website | Official website (in Japanese) | ||||||
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| Opened | 15 October 1923 | ||||||
| Original company | Japanese Government Railways | ||||||
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| FY2019 | 138 | ||||||
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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] It is located 72.1 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.[3]
Station layout
editThe station consists of two side platforms at street level. It has a reinforced concrete station building with a small waiting room.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway | for Akune and Sendai |
| 2 | ■ ■Hisatsu Orange Railway | for Izumi, Minamata, and Yatsushiro |
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Station sign -
View of station platforms
Adjacent stations
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| Hisatsu Orange Railway Line | ||||
| Nishi-Izumi | – | Nodagou | ||
| Rapid Express Ocean Liner Satsuma: Does not stop at this station | ||||
History
editTakaono Station was opened on October 15th, 1923 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Sendai Line, which was incorporated into the Kagoshima Main Line on October 17th, 1927. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1st, 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On March 13th, 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 138 people. [6]
Surrounding area
edit- Izumi City Takaono Junior High School
- Izumi City Takaono Elementary School
- Izumi City Takaono Branch Office (formerly Takaono Town Hall)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Taono-eki, via GeoNames". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "高尾野駅". [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.
- ^ "高尾野駅" [Takaono Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "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 Takaono Station at Wikimedia Commons- Official Hisatsu Orange Railway site (in Japanese)
- Yahoo! Japan Transit station guide
