Higo Kouda Station

Higo Kouda Station (肥後高田駅, Higo Kōda-eki)[note 1] is a train station in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the third sector Hisatsu Orange Railway[3] that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai.[4][5]

Higo Kouda Station[note 1] 肥後高田駅 ひごこうだ
Station in 2006
Location	Yatsushiro Kumamoto Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	32.4752680°N 130.6124856°E[1]
Operated by	Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Hisatsu Orange Railway
Distance	4.8 km from Yatsushiro 4.8 km from Yatsushiro[2]
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Website	Official (in Japanese)
History
Opened	17 July 1933
Original company	Japanese Government Railways

Station layout

The station consists of two platforms at street level. Platform 1 services trains bound for Yatsushiro, platform 2 for trains to Sendai.[3]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Yatsushiro		Local	Hinagu Onsen
Rapid Express Super Orange: Does not stop at this station

Gallery

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  Station sign
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  View of station platforms
• 
  Platform shelter

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

Notes

1. The official Hisatsu Orange Railway site, platform signage, and station guides list the romanised spelling as Hiko Kouda, though Higo Kōda and Higokoda are also common usage.

References

1. "Node: Higokoda (2012815067)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
2. "肥後高田駅" [Higo Kouda Station]. レイルラボ | RailLab (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
3. "時刻表・各駅案内 - 肥後高田駅" [Timetables and Station Guide - Higo Kouda]. 肥薩おれんじ鉄道 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
4. "肥薩おれんじ鉄道" [Hisatsu Orange Railway]. Hisatsu Orange Railway (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
5. "肥後高田駅" [Higo Kouda Station]. 駅探 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-14.

External links

• Media related to Higo-Kōda Station at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Hisatsu Orange Railway site (in Japanese)
• Yahoo! Japan Transit station guide