Ueki Station

Ueki Station (植木駅, Ueki-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu in Kita-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.[1][2]

Ueki Station 植木駅
Ueki Station in 2006
Location	Japan
Coordinates	32°52′50″N 130°40′51″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kagoshima Main Line,
Distance	184.6 km from Mojikō
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3 + 2 sidings
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	No - platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 July 1891
Passengers
FY2016	708 daily
Rank	203rd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Ueki Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 184.6 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side and an island platform serving three tracks at grade with two sidings branching off track 1. The station building is a simple, functional, concrete structure which serves to house a waiting room and automatic ticket vending machines. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3]

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  A view of the platforms and tracks.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Kagoshima Main Line
Tabaruzaka		Local	Nishisato
Tabaruzaka		Rapid	Nishisato

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 April 1891, the line stretched from Kurosaki south to Takase )now Tamana. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended south with Kumamoto opening as the new southern terminus on 1 July 1891. On the same day, Ueki was opened as an intermediate station along the new track. 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. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[4][5]

The station was earlier on equipped with a staffed ticket window but became unstaffed in 2015.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 708 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 203rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "田原坂" [Tabaruzaka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 26 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. 20, 68. ISBN 9784062951654.
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. 218. 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. 683. ISBN 4533029809.
6. "駅長さんお疲れさま　ＪＲ植木駅、無人化前に" [Well done, Station Master JR Ueki to be unstaffed]. Kumamoto Nichi Nichi Shimbun Kyushu. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
7. "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

• Ueki (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)