Tamana Station

Tamana Station (玉名駅, Tamana-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.[1]

Tamana Station 玉名駅
Tamana Station in 2006
Location	Japan
Coordinates	32°55′33″N 130°32′53″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kagoshima Main Line,
Distance	168.6 km from Mojikō
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1891
Previous names	Takase (until 10 April 1956)
Passengers
FY2016	2,770 daily
Rank	67th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Tamana Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 168.6 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.[2]

Layout

The station consists of a side and an island platform serving three tracks at grade. The station building is a concrete structure of modern design and houses a kiosk, an enclosed waiting room and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3]

Management of 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 counter which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Kagoshima Main Line
Ōnoshimo		Local	Higo-Ikura
Ōnoshimo		Rapid	Higo-Ikura

History

The privately run Kyushu Railway had opened a stretch of track between Hakata and the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop on 11 December 1889. After several phases of expansion northwards and southwards, by February 1891, the line stretched from Kurosaki south to Kurume. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended south with this station opening as the new southern terminus on 1 April 1891 with the name Takase. On 1 July 1891, it became a through-station when the track was further extended to Kumamoto. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Hitoyoshi Main Line and then on 21 November 1909, part of the Kagoshima Main Line. On 10 April 1956, the station was renamed Tamana. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[6][7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,770 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 67th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. 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6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 18, 68. ISBN 9784062951654.
3. "玉名" [Tamana]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
4. "熊本支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kumamoto Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
5. "玉名駅" [Tamana Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 25 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
6. 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. 218. ISBN 4533029809.
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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 683. ISBN 4533029809.
8. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

External links

• Tamana Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)