Kobayashi Station (Miyazaki)
Kobayashi Station in 2015 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Ekiminami, Kobayashi-shi, Miyazaki-ken 886-0009 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°59′28″N 130°58′32″E / 31.99111°N 130.97556°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Kitto Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 34.8 km from Miyakonojō | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 + sidings | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Parking | At nearby community centre | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Bike shed | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes - ramp to platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 October 1912 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2015 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Kobayashimachi (until 1 March 1951) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2016 | 458 daily | ||||||||||
Rank | 253rd (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Kobayashi Station (
Lines
[edit]The station is served by the Kitto Line and is located 34.8 km from the starting point of the line at Miyakonojō.[3]
Layout
[edit]The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade with sidings branching off track 2. The station building is a steel frame cuboidal structure located next to the island platform in between the two tracks. It houses an automatic ticket vending machine and a staffed ticket window. After the ticket gate, a short flight of steps and a ramp leads up to the island platform. Access to the station building is possible from access roads on both sides of the tracks by means of a level crossing.[2][4]
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.[5][6]
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ ■ Kitto Line | for Miyakonojō and Miyazaki |
2 | ■ ■ Kitto Line | for Yoshimatsu and Hayato |
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The old station building, which has since been demolished.
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A community centre and tourist information office, built on the site of the old stationbuilding. The new station is just behind it.
History
[edit]The station was opened by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on 1 October 1912 with the name Kobayashimachi Station (
On 15 March 2015, a new station building was opened, situated between the tracks and adjacent to the island platform. Together with this, a new level crossing provided access to the station building as well as facilitating pedestrian crossing of the tracks was constructed.[9] In October 2016, the old station building, a wooden Japanese style structure, was demolished. A community centre "KITTO Kobayashi" was built on the site (see below).[10][11]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 458 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 253rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[12]
Surrounding area
[edit]- KITTO Kobayashi - a municipal building housing tourist information offices, a community centre, and a bus station.[10][11]
- Kobayashi City Hall
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "
小林 " [Kobayashi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 13 May 2018. - ^ a b 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. pp. 21, 63. ISBN 9784107900302. - ^ 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. 51, 85. ISBN 9784062951661. - ^ "
鹿児島 支店 内 各駅 " [Stations within the Kagoshima Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 7 May 2018. - ^ "
小林 駅 " [Kobayashi Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 13 May 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. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 232. 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. 777. ISBN 4-533-02980-9. - ^ "
小林 駅 南北 通路 が完成 市街地 の回遊 性 向上 へ" [Kobayashi Station north-south passage completed Circulation on city streets will improve]. Miyanichi Nichinichi Shimbun website. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2018. - ^ a b "
小林 駅 周辺 が新 しく生 まれ変 わります" [Kobayashi Station surrounding to be redeveloped]. Kobayashi City official website. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018. - ^ a b "
小林 市 地域 ・観光 交流 センター「KITTO(きっと)小林 」の利用 について" [Usage of Kobayashi regional tourism exchange centre KITTO Kobayashi]. Kobayashi City official website. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018. - ^ "
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 Kobayashi Station (Miyazaki) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)