Kanō Station (Miyazaki)

Location
	Kanō Station Location within Miyazaki Prefecture Kanō Station Kanō Station (Japan)

Kanō Station

加納かのう駅えき
Kanō Station; 加納かのう駅えき
	Kanō Station in 2017
General information
Location	Otsu Kiyotakecho, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki-ken 889-1605; Japan
Coordinates	31°52′33″N 131°24′22″E / 31.87583°N 131.40611°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	345.1 km from Kokura
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	No - steps to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 March 1989
Passengers
FY2016	194 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Kanō Station Location within Miyazaki Prefecture Kanō Station Kanō Station (Japan)

Kanō Station (加納かのう駅えき, Kanō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 345.1 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3] Only local trains stop at this station.

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track set in a confined urban area among high-rise buildings. The station building is narrow modern wooden structure adorned with a triangular gable and stained glass. The ticket window is unstaffed but an automatic ticket vending machine and SUGOCA card reader is provided. A short flight of steps leads up to the platform.^[2]^[3]

A view of the station platform and track.

History

JR Kyushu opened the station on 11 March 1989 as an additional station on the existing track of the Nippō Main Line.^[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 194 passengers (boarding only) per day.^[5]

Surrounding area

The area is a residential area on the outskirts of Miyazaki City.

Japan National Route 269
Miyazaki University of Industrial Management

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "加納かのう" [Kanō]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説ずせつ: 日本にっぽんの鉄道てつどう四国しこく・九州きゅうしゅうライン全線ぜんせん・全ぜん駅えき・全ぜん配線はいせん・第だい7巻かん宮崎みやざき・鹿児島かごしま・沖縄おきなわエリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 59, 90. ISBN 9784062951661.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場ていしゃじょう変遷へんせん大だい事典じてん国鉄こくてつ・JR編へん [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 760. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "宮崎みやざき県けん統計とうけい年鑑ねんかん鉄道てつどう輸送ゆそう実績じっせき（１日にち平均へいきん）" [Miyazaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook Railway Transportation Record (daily average)]. Miyazaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 6 May 2018. See the table for 平成へいせい28年度ねんど [fiscal 2016].

External links

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

[hacchi-2] "加納かのう" [Kanō]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[kawashima-3] Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説ずせつ: 日本にっぽんの鉄道てつどう四国しこく・九州きゅうしゅうライン全線ぜんせん・全ぜん駅えき・全ぜん配線はいせん・第だい7巻かん宮崎みやざき・鹿児島かごしま・沖縄おきなわエリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 59, 90. ISBN 9784062951661.

[teishajo2-4] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場ていしゃじょう変遷へんせん大だい事典じてん国鉄こくてつ・JR編へん [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 760. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[prefstats-5] "宮崎みやざき県けん統計とうけい年鑑ねんかん鉄道てつどう輸送ゆそう実績じっせき（１日にち平均へいきん）" [Miyazaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook Railway Transportation Record (daily average)]. Miyazaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 6 May 2018. See the table for 平成へいせい28年度ねんど [fiscal 2016].

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