Hikiji Station

Hikiji Station (引治駅, Hikiji-eki) is a railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line in Kokonoe, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

Hikiji Station

引治駅
Hikiji Station in 2008
LocationKokonoe, Kusu-gun, Ōita-ken
Japan
Coordinates33°13′45″N 131°11′01″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kyūdai Main Line
Distance80.7 km from Kurume
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - steps to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 December 1929 (1929-12-15)
Passengers
FY201548 daily
Location
Hikiji Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 80.7 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. The station building is a small structure of traditional Japanese plaster wall design which is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. From the station building, a short flight of steps leads up to the platform.[2][3]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Kyūdai Main Line
Era Local Bungo-Nakamura

History

The private Daito Railway (大湯鉄道) had opened a track between Ōita and Onoya in 1915. The Daito Railway was nationalized on 1 December 1922, after which Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook phased westward expansion of the track which, at the time, it had designated as the Daito Line. By 1928, the track had reached Bungo-Nakamura. Subsequently, the track was extended further west and Bungo-Mori was opened as the new western terminus on 15 December 1929. On the same day, Hikiji was opened as an intermediate station along the new track. On 15 November 1934, when the Daito Line had linked up with the Kyudai Main Line further west, JGR designated the station as part of the Kyudai Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 17,379 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 48 passengers.[6]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "引治" [Hikiji]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. 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. 38, 74. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. 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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 227. ISBN 4533029809.
  5. 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 740. ISBN 4533029809.
  6. "平成28年版　大分県統計年鑑 11 運輸および通信" [Oita Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition Section 11 Transportation and Communications]. Oita Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).


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