Beppu Station

Beppu Station

別府駅
Beppu Station; 別府駅
	Beppu Station in March 2007
General information
Location	12-13 Ekimaecho, Beppu-shi, Ōita-ken 874-0935; Japan
Coordinates	33°16′46″N 131°30′01″E / 33.279541°N 131.500265°E / 33.279541; 131.500265
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	120.8 km from Kokura
Platforms	2 side + 1 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 July 1911
Passengers
FY2016	5,933 daily
Rank	31st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Location
	Beppu Station Location within Oita Prefecture Beppu Station Beppu Station (Japan)

Beppu Station (別府駅, Beppu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Beppu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. ^[1]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 120.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[2]

Limited Express Trains

Sonic (Hakata - Ōita)
Nichirin (Hakata - Miyazaki)
Yufuin-no-mori, Yufu (Hakata - Beppu)
Trans-Kyushu Limited Express (Beppu - Hitoyoshi)

Layout

Beppu Station has two elevated island platforms and four tracks. In the past, two detention tracks were installed between the two island-style platforms, and were used to store trains arriving at and departing from this station. Now that the detention tracks have been removed, there is a large gap between the two platforms, Platforms 2 and 3. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.^[2]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Ōita, Saiki and Miyazaki Express trains
2	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Ōita, Saiki and Miyazaki Local trains
3	■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line	for Yufuin and Hita
	■ ■ Hōhi Main Line	for Bungo-Taketa and Aso
	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Nakatsu and Kokura local trains
4	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Nakatsu, Kokura Express trains

History

The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from Kokura to Yanagigaura. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases, with Beppu opening as the new southern terminus on 16 July 1911. It became a through-station on 1 November 1911 when the track was extended further south to Ōita. On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was renamed 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.^[3]^[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 5,933 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 31st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[5]

Surrounding area

Beppu Onsen
Beppu City Hall

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ a b 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.
^ 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 753. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "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 2017-08-01. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

External links

Media related to Beppu Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[stationmap-1] "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[kawashima-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.

[3] 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[teishajo-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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 753. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[5] "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 2017-08-01. Retrieved 25 February 2018.