Yunohira Station

Yunohira Station

湯平駅
Yunohira Station; 湯平駅
	Yunohira Station in September 2011
General information
Location	Yufuinchō, Shimoyunohira, Yufu-shi, Ōita-ken 879-5111; Japan
Coordinates	33°11′51″N 131°21′15″E / 33.19750°N 131.35417°E / 33.19750; 131.35417
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kyūdai Main Line
Distance	109.6 km from Kurume
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	29 September 1923
Passengers
FY2015	29 daily
Services
Location
	Yunohira Station Location within Oita Prefecture Yunohira Station Yunohira Station (Japan)

Yunohira Station (湯平駅, Yunohira-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Yufuin neighborhood of the city of Yufu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 109.6 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. A siding branches off track 1. The station building is a simple wooden structure of modern design which is colocated with a post-office. The station itself is unstaff and the premises serve only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. Platform 2 has a small enclosed waiting room of its own.^[2]^[3]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line	for Ōita
2	■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line	for Yufuin and Hita

The waiting room on platform 2.
Interior view of the platform 2 waiting room.

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 the next phase of expansion of what it designated as the Daito Line, extending the track and opening Yunohira as the new western terminus on 29 September 1923. Yunohira became a through-station on 29 July 1925 when the track was further extended to Kita-Yufuin (today Yufuin. 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. 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 10,749 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 29 passengers.^[6]

Surrounding area

Yunohira Onsen
Japan National Route 210

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ a b "湯平" [Yunohira]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 12 April 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. 40, 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. 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.
^ "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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Yunohira (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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

[hacchi-2] "湯平" [Yunohira]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 12 April 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. 40, 74. ISBN 9784062951630.

[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. p. 227. 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. 741. 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).