Higo Tanoura Station

Higo Tanoura Station (肥後田浦駅, Higo Tanoura-eki) is a train station in Ashikita District, 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 Tanoura Station 肥後田浦駅 ひごたのうら
Outside station in 2006
Location	Ashikita District Kumamoto Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	32.3505892°N 130.5047265°E[1]
Operated by	Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Hisatsu Orange Railway
Distance	23.3 km from Yatsushiro 1.5 km from Tanoura Otachimisaki Park[2]
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Website	Official (in Japanese)
History
Opened	15 April 1925
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
Tanoura Otachimisaki Park		–	Uminoura

Gallery

• 
  Station sign
• 
  View of platforms

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "Node: Higo Tanoura (2012956942)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
2. "肥後田浦駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
3. "肥後田浦駅　各駅案内". 肥薩おれんじ鉄道 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
4. "About Orange Railway". Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
5. "肥後高田駅". 駅探 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-14.

External links

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