Aira Station
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Location | Nishimochida, Aira-shi, Kagoshima-ken 899-5431 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°42′55″N 130°37′24″E / 31.71528°N 130.62333°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 447.1 km from Kokura | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Low embankment | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Bike shed | ||||||||||
Accessible | No - steps to platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 13 March 1988 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2022 | 974 daily | ||||||||||
Rank | 158th (JR Kyushu) | ||||||||||
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Aira Station (
Lines[edit]
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 447.1 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]
Layout[edit]
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on a low embankment in a fairly confined area. There is no station building. At the base of the embankment, a shed has been set up which houses a staffed ticket window. To one side of this, there is a sheltered waiting area with some seats. On the other side of the ticket window are automatic ticket vending machines and a SUGOCA card reading and a short flight of steps leading up to the platform. The platform is generally very narrow. At one point where the platform is wider, some seats and a SUGOCA charge machine are provided. Bike sheds are provided at the station forecourt.[2][3]
Management of the passenger facilities at the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]
Platforms[edit]
1 | ■ ■ Nippō Main Line | for Miyazaki for Kagoshima |
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A view of the station platform.
History[edit]
The station was opened on 13 March 1988 by JR Kyushu as an additional station on the existing track of the Nippō Main Line.[6][7]
Passenger statistics[edit]
In fiscal 2022, the station was used by an average of 974 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 158th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]
Nearby places[edit]
- Shigetomi Junior High School
- Hiramatsu Post office
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "
姶良 " [Aira]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 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. 35, 93. ISBN 9784062951661. - ^ "
鹿児島 支店 内 各駅 " [Stations within the Kagoshima Branch]. JRTE website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018. - ^ "
姶良 駅 " [Aira Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 18 June 2018. See images of tickets sold. - ^ 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. 762. ISBN 4-533-02980-9. - ^ 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. 59. ISBN 9784107900302. - ^ "
駅 別 乗車 人員 上位 300駅 (2022年度 )" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2022)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
External links[edit]
Media related to Aira Station (Aira) at Wikimedia Commons
- Aira (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)