Hyōkiyama Station
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Location | Hayatocho-Kareigawa-aza-Hyōkiyama, Kirishima-shi, Kagoshima-ken 899-5113 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°47′47″N 130°44′42″E / 31.79639°N 130.74500°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Hisatsu Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 116.8 km from Yatsushiro | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 11 October 1920 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2016 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Hyōkiyama Station (
Lines
[edit]The station is served by the Hisatsu Line and is located 116.8 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.[3]
Layout
[edit]The station consists of one side platform serving a single track. there is no station building, but only a shelter on the platform, and the station is unattended.[3][2]
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ ■ Hisatsu Line | for Yoshimatsu and Miyakonojō |
2 | ■ ■ Hisatsu Line | for Hayato and Kagoshima-Chūō |
History
[edit]The station began as a Hyōkiyama Signal Stop which opened on the Kagoshima Main Line on 11 September 1916. It was promoted to a full station on 11 October 1920. The Yatsushiro-Yoshimatsu-Kagoshima portion of the Kagoshima Main Line was separated, becoming the Hisatsu Line on 17 October 1927. 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]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
[edit]- Kagoshima Prefectural Road Route 477
- Myōken Onsen
- Amori River
- Shinkawa Electric Power Station
- National Route 223
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "
表 木山 駅 " [Hyōkiyama Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 15 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 7巻 宮崎 ・鹿児島 ・沖縄 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 62, 92. ISBN 9784062951661. - ^ Imao, Keisuke (2009).
日本 鉄道 旅行 地図 帳 12号 九州 沖縄 ―全線 ・全 駅 ・全廃 線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. p. 49. ISBN 9784107900302.
External links
[edit]Media related to Hyokiyama Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)