Kirishima-Jingū Station

Kirishima-Jingū Station (霧島神宮駅, Kirishima-Jingū -eki) is a railway station in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.[1][2]

Kirishima-Jingū Station

霧島神宮駅
Kirishima-Jingū Station in 2004
LocationKirishimaōkubo, Kirishima, Kagoshima
Japan
Coordinates31°49′07″N 130°50′12″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
Distance419.4 km from Kokura
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure typeEmbankment
Disabled accessNo - steps lead up to platform
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (ouutsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 July 1930 (1930-07-10)
Location
Kirishima-Jingū Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 419.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding all on an embankment. The station building, located at the base of the embankment, is a modern structure built of timber in traditional Japanese style to resemble the nearby Kirishima-Jingū Shrine. From the station building, a tunnel leads under the embankment and up a flight of steps to the island platform.[2][3][4]

Management of the passenger facilities at the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]

Platforms

JR
1 ■ Nippo Main Line for Kokubu and Kagoshima-Chūō
2 ■ Nippo Main Line for Miyakonojō and Miyazaki

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Nippō Main Line
Kita-Naganoda - Kokubu

History

On 24 November 1929 by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the then Kokuto-West Line (国都西線) from Nishi-Kokubu (now Hayato) to Kokubu. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended eastwards, with Kirishima-Jingū opening as the new eastern terminus on 10 July 1930. Subsequently, the Kokuto-West Line was expanded to the east and north, linking up with the Kokuto-East Line at Ōsumi-Ōkawara and other networks so that by the end of 1932, through-traffic had been established between Kokura and Kagoshima. On 6 December 1932, the entire stretch of track from Kokura through this station to Kagoshima was redesignated as the Nippō 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.[7][8][9]

Nearby places
  • Kirishima-Jingū Shrine
  • Kirishima Onsen
  • Kirishima Post office
  • Kirishima City Hall Kirishima Branch
  • Kirishima Junior High School
  • Ota Elementary School

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "霧島神宮" [Kirishima-Jingū]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 15 June 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7巻 宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 62, 92. ISBN 9784062951661.
  4. "ＪＲ九州、在来線完乗へ...　V-I　霧島神宮駅" [JR Kyushu To the end of the line V-I Kirishima-Jingū Station]. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. "鹿児島支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kagoshima Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  6. "霧島神宮駅" [Kirishima-Jingū Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 15 June 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  7. 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. 229. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. 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. 761. ISBN 4533029809.
  9. Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号 九州 沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. p. 49. ISBN 9784107900302.


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