Mimitsu Station

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

Mimitsu Station

美々津みみつ駅えき
Mimitsu Station; 美々津みみつ駅えき
	Mimitsu Station in 2005
General information
Location	Mimitsumachi, Hyūga-shi, Miyazaki-ken 889-1111; Japan
Coordinates	32°19′33″N 131°36′08″E / 32.32583°N 131.60222°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	289.7 km from Kokura
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Accessible	No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 June 1921
Passengers
FY2016	123 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Mimitsu Station Location within Miyazaki Prefecture Mimitsu Station Mimitsu Station (Japan)

Mimitsu Station (美々津みみつ駅えき, Mimitsu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hyūga, Miyazaki, 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 289.7 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3] Only local trains stop at this station.

Layout

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks at grade with a siding branching off track 1. There is no station building, only a simple shed has been provided on platform 1 as a waiting room for passengers. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. Parking and a bike shed are available at the station forecourt.^[2]^[3]

Platforms

1, 3	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Nobeoka
1, 2, 3	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Miyazaki

History

In 1913, the Miyazaki Prefectural Railway (宮崎みやざき県営けんえい鉄道てつどう) had opened a line from Miyazaki northwards to Hirose (now closed). After the Miyazaki Prefectural Railway was nationalized on 21 September 1917, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook the subsequent extension of the track as part of the then Miyazaki Main Line, reaching Takanabe by 11 September 1920. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended to Mimitsu, which opened as the new northern terminus on 11 June 1921. It became a through station on 11 October 1921 when the track was further extended to Tomitaka (now Hyūgashi). Expanding north in phases and joining up with other networks, the track eventually reached Kokura and the entire stretch from Kokura through Mimitsu to Miyakonojō was redesignated as the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923. Freight operations were discontinued in 1962 and baggage handling in 1974. 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]^[5]^[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 123 passengers (boarding only) per day.^[7]

Surrounding area

Hyuga City Mimitsu Junior High School
Hyuga City Hall Mimitsu Branch

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "美々津みみつ" [Mimitsu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 21 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6巻かん熊本くまもと大分おおいたエリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 53, 85. ISBN 9784062951654.
^ 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. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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. 758. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本にっぽん鉄道てつどう旅行りょこう地図ちず帳ちょう 12号ごう九州きゅうしゅう沖縄おきなわ―全線ぜんせん・全ぜん駅えき・全廃ぜんぱい線せん [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
^ "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

Media related to Mimitsu Station at Wikimedia Commons

Mimitsu (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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

[hacchi-2] "美々津みみつ" [Mimitsu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 21 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6巻かん熊本くまもと大分おおいたエリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 53, 85. ISBN 9784062951654.

[teishajo1-4] 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. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[teishajo2-5] 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. 758. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[imao-6] Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本にっぽん鉄道てつどう旅行りょこう地図ちず帳ちょう 12号ごう九州きゅうしゅう沖縄おきなわ―全線ぜんせん・全ぜん駅えき・全廃ぜんぱい線せん [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.

[prefstats-7] "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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