Higo Tanoura Station (肥後田浦駅, Higo Tanoura-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Agukita, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway[3][4]
Higo Tanoura Station 肥後田浦駅 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Higo Tanoura Station in 2006 | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Kodanoura, Ashikita-machi, Ashikita-gun, Kumamoto-ken 869-5303 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 32°21′02″N 130°30′17″E / 32.3505892°N 130.5047265°E[1] | ||||||
| Operated by | Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd. | ||||||
| Line(s) | Hisatsu Orange Railway | ||||||
| Distance |
| ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Station code | OR07 | ||||||
| Website | Official (in Japanese) | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 15 April 1925 | ||||||
| Original company | Japanese Government Railways | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| FY2019 | 85 | ||||||
| |||||||
Lines
editThe station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai. It is located 23.6 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.[5]
Station layout
editThe station consists of two opposed side platforms at street level, connected by a footbridge. TIn addition, a freight platform remains and is currently used as a storage track for track maintenance vehicles. The reinforced concrete station building is unattended.[5][3]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway | for Minamata and Izumi |
| 2 | ■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway | for Yatsushiro and Shin-Yatsushiro |
Gallery
edit-
Station sign -
View of platforms
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisatsu Orange Railway Line | ||||
| Tanoura Otachimisaki Park | – | Uminoura | ||
History
editHigo Tanoura Station was opened on 4 April 1925 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.
Passenger statistics
editThe average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 85 passengers.[6]
Surrounding area
edit- Tokai Carbon Tanoura Factory
- Tanoura Port
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Node: Higo Tanoura (2012956942)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "肥後田浦駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ^ a b "肥後田浦駅" [Higo Tanoura Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "肥後田浦駅 各駅案内". 肥薩おれんじ鉄道 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ 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5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
- ^ National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.
External links
edit
Media related to Higo-Tanoura Station at Wikimedia Commons- Official Hisatsu Orange Railway site (in Japanese)
- Yahoo! Japan Transit station guide
