Shigeoka Station

Shigeoka Station

重岡駅
Shigeoka Station; 重岡駅
	Shigeoka Station in 2007
General information
Location	Ume Oaza Ohira, Saiki-shi, Ōita-ken 879-3201; Japan
Coordinates	32°50′25″N 131°42′56″E / 32.84028°N 131.71556°E / 32.84028; 131.71556
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	224.2 km from Kokura
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	No - platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	26 March 1922
Passengers
FY2015	16 daily
Services
Location
	Shigeoka Station Location within Oita Prefecture Shigeoka Station Shigeoka Station (Japan)

Shigeoka Station (重岡駅, Shigeoka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Saiki, Ōita, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 224.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station, which is not staffed, consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. A siding branches off track 1, ending on the other side of the side platform. There is no station building, but a wooden shed in traditional Japanese style has been set up as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.^[2]^[3]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Nobeoka
2, 3	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Saiki

A view of the station platforms looking north.
A view of the station platform looking south. The siding can be seen branching off to the left.

History

The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from Kokura to Yanagigaura down the east coast of Kyushu. 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 over the next 13 years, establishing Shigeoka as its southern terminus on 26 March 1922. Subsequently, the track was further extended to meet the Miyazaki Main Line which had been extending northwards from Miyazaki and which had reached Ichitana by July 1923. The link up between the two lines was achieved on 15 December 1923, and through traffic was thus established from Kokura in the north through Shigeoka to Miyakonojō. The entire stretch of track was then 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.^[4]^[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 5,978 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 16 passengers.^[6]

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 10

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ a b "重岡" [Shigeoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 June 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. 48, 83. ISBN 9784062951654.
^ 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. 756. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "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).

External links

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Shigeoka (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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

[hacchi-2] "重岡" [Shigeoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

[kawashima-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. 48, 83. 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[teishajo-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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 756. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[prefstats-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).