Higashi-Beppu Station

Higashi-Beppu Station (東別府駅, Higashi-Beppu-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by Kyūshū Railway Company in Beppu, Ōita, Japan.[1][2]

Higashi-Beppu Station

東別府駅
Higashi-Beppu Station in April 2016
LocationBeppu, Ōita
Japan
Coordinates 33°16′04″N 131°30′38″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
Distance122.8 km from Kokura
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 November 1911 (1911-11-01)
Previous namesHamawaki (until 15 April 1934)
Passengers
FY2015255 daily
Location
Higashi-Beppu Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 122.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. The station building is an original Meiji-period Japanese style wooden structure from the time the station was opened and it has been designated by Beppu City as a tangible cultural property. The station facilities include a waiting area and a staffed ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3][4]

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]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nippō Main Line
Beppu Local Nishi-Ōita

History

The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from Kokura to Yanagigaura. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases. Ōita opened as the new southern terminus on 1 November 1911 after the track was extended there from Beppu. On the same day, this station was opened as an intermediate station on the new track with the name of Hamawaki (浜脇). On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was renamed the Nippō Main Line. On 15 April 1934, the station was renamed Higashi-Beppu. 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.[7][8]

On 5 February 2005, the station building was designated as a tangible cultural property (i.e. given protected heritage status) by Beppu City.[9]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 93,088 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 255 passengers.[10]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "東別府" [Higashi-Beppu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. 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. 42, 81. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. "東別府" [Higashi-Beppu]. Retrieved 1 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  6. "東別府駅" [Higashi-Beppu Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 1 May 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  7. 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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 753. ISBN 4533029809.
  9. "東別府駅本屋" [Higashi-Beppu Station wooden station building] (PDF). Beppu City official website. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  10. "平成28年版　大分県統計年鑑 11 運輸および通信" [Oita Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition Section 11 Transportation and Communications]. Oita Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.