Beppu Daigaku Station
![]() Beppu Daigaku Station in May 2022 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 1 Shōninhonmachi, Beppu-shi, Ōita-ken 874-0032 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°18′47″N 131°29′58″E / 33.31306°N 131.49944°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 117.0 km from Kokura | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 9 March 1987 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2016 | 1,828 daily | ||||||||||
Rank | 101st (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Beppu Daigaku Station (
Lines
[edit]The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 117.0 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]
Layout
[edit]The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. There is no standalone station building. The ticket window is located on the ground floor of the Beppu City International Exchange Centre (
Management of 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.[5][6]
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ ■ Nippō Main Line | for Beppu and Ōita |
2 | ■ ■ Nippō Main Line | for Nakatsu and Kokura |
History
[edit]Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 9 March 1987 as an additional station on the existing track of the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[7]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,828 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 101st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]
Surrounding area
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "
別府大学 " [Beppu Daigaku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 30 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. 45, 81. ISBN 9784062951630. - ^ "
別府 市 国際 交流 会館 -別府大 " [Beppu City International Exchange Centre] (PDF). Beppu University website. Retrieved 30 April 2018. - ^ "
大分 支店 内 各駅 " [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2018. - ^ "
別府大学 駅 " [Beppu University Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 30 April 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. 753. 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
[edit] Media related to Beppu-Daigaku Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)