Yufuin Station

Yufuin Station

由布院駅
Yufuin Station; 由布院駅
	Yufuin Station in March 2005
General information
Location	8-2 Yufuinchō Kawakita, Yufu-shi, Ōita-ken 879-5114; Japan
Coordinates	33°15′45.42″N 131°21′18.33″E / 33.2626167°N 131.3550917°E / 33.2626167; 131.3550917
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kyūdai Main Line
Distance	99.1 km from Kurume
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	29 July 1925
Previous names	Kita-Yufuin (to 1950)
Passengers
FY2016	1167 daily
Rank	144th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Location
	Yufuin Station Location within Oita Prefecture Yufuin Station Yufuin Station (Japan)

Yufuin Station (由布院駅, Yufuin-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Yufuin neighborhood of the city of Yufu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]

Lines

Yufuin Station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 99.1 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.^[2]

Limited express services

Yufuin-no-mori, Yufu (Hakata - Beppu)

Station layout

Yufuin Station has one side platform adjacent to the station building and one island platform and one siding. In addition to footbridges, the platforms are connected by slopes and level crossings making them wheelchair accessible.The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and there is a Yufuin Onsen tourist information center within the station building.^[2]

The station building was completed in 1990. It was designed by Arata Isozaki, an architect from Oita Prefecture, and is inspired by a chapel. It has a wooden, black-painted exterior, with a 12 meter high open concourse in the center, and an adjacent waiting room that doubles as an event hall. The concourse and platform can be separated by large, thick glass doors to prevent wind, and the waiting room has floor heating equipment that uses hot spring water.^[2]

Platforms

1, 2, 3	■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line	for Hita and Kurume for Ōita

The platforms
Foot spa on the platform

History

The private Daito Railway (大湯鉄道) had opened a track between Ōita and Onoya in 1915. The Daito Railway was nationalized on 1 December 1922, after which Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook phased westward expansion of the track which, at the time, it had designated as the Daito Line. By 1923, the track had reached Yunohira and then, on 29 July 1925, Yufuin (then known as Kita-Yufuin) was established as the new western terminus. The station became a through-station on 26 November 1926 when the track was extended to Noya. On 15 November 1934, when the Daito Line had linked up with the Kyudai Main Line further west, JGR designated the station as part of the Kyudai Main Line. On 1 January 1950, the station was renamed Yufuin. 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 1,167 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 144th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[5]

Surrounding area

Yufu City Hall Yufuin Government Building (formerly Yufuin Town Hall)
Yufuin Community Center (Yufu City Central Community Center)
Yufuin Onsen
Yufu City Yufuin Elementary School

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ a b c 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. 41, 75. 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. p. 227. 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. 741. 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 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

External links

Media related to Yufuin Station at Wikimedia Commons

Yufuin (JR Kyushu)(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. 41, 75. 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. p. 227. 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. 741. 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 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.