Makurazaki Station (枕崎駅, Makurazaki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Makurazaki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2] It is the southernmost conventional rail terminal station in Japan.
Makurazaki Station 枕崎駅 | |||||||||||
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 Makurazaki Station, May 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Higashihonmachi, Makurazaki-shi, Kagoshima-ken 898-0014 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°16′19.64″N 130°17′58.14″E / 31.2721222°N 130.2994833°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Ibusuki Makurazaki Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 87.8 km from Kagoshima-Chūō | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 31 October 1963 | ||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 25 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editThe station is the southern terminus of the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line and is located 87.8 km from the opposing terminus of the line at Kagoshima-Chūō.[1]
Layout
editThis is an unmanned station with one side platform. The station building was built with donations from citizens, and features a statue of Yamasachihiko inside and a statue of a katsuobushi seller outside.
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Station building and platform -
Inside station building -
Station plaza
History
editThe station opened on March 10, 1931, when private Nansatsu Railway (now Kagoshima Kotsu) extended the Makurazaki Line from Kaseda to Makurazaki. The old station building was owned by the same company until its demolishment in 2006. The station began to serve two lines when the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line of Japanese National Railways (JNR) was extended from Nishi-Ei to Makurazaki on October 31, 1963.[3] The JNR paid access charges to Nansatsu Railway for the use of the station, and the station was not counted as an official JNR station until the subsequent closure of the Makurazaki Line.
The operation of the Makurazaki Line was suspended on June 21, 1983, due to a flood. The line was abandoned and officially closed on March 18, 1984. Only the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line has served the station since then.[3]
In 2006, the land on which the station stood was sold to Taiyo, a local supermarket chain. As a result, on May 1, 2006, the station was moved approximately 100 meters towards Kagoshima. The new station on opening had no station building, but one was subsequently constructed from local donation funding. Unveiled on April 28, 2013, the new building received the Good Design Award in the same year.[3]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 25 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
edit- Taiyo Market Store
- Makurazaki Port
- Makurazaki City Hall
- Makurazaki-Nagisa HotSpa
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "枕崎駅" [Makurazaki Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ a b c City of Makurazaki. 枕崎市 :: 観光・文化 :: 観光 :: 観光スポット(4/4) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 22, 2003. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
External links
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Media related to Makurazaki Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Makurazaka Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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