Miyakonojō Station

Miyakonojō Station (都城駅, Miyakonojō-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line and Kitto Line in Miyakonojō, Miyazaki, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

Miyakonojō Station

都城駅
Miyakonojō Station in March 2017
LocationMiyakonojō, Miyazaki
Japan
Coordinates31°44′11″N 131°4′29″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
■ Kitto Line
History
Opened8 October 1913
Passengers
FY20161,111 daily
Rank152nd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Miyakonojō Station
Location within Japan

Station layout

The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

  • 415 series set FK520 at Miyakonojō Station

History

Japanese Government Railways opened Miyakonojō Station on 8 October 1913 as the eastern terminus of its then Miyazaki Line which it had been extending eastwards from Yoshimatsu since 1912. On 11 Feb 1914, Miyakonojō became a through-station when the track was extended towards the northeast to Mimata. By 21 September 1917, the track had reached Miyazaki and line was renamed the Miyazaki Main Line. By 1923, the track had reached north to link up with the track of the Nippō Main Line at Shigeoka. The entire stretch through Miyazaki, Miyakonojō to Yoshimatsu was then redesignated as part of the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923.[1][2]

By this time, the extension of the track south and west towards Kagoshima from Miyakonojō had also begun. On 14 January 1923, Japanese Government Railways opened the Shibushi Line from Miyakonojō through Nishi-Miyakonojō to Sueyoshi (now closed). By 1932, various lines stretching to Kagoshima had been linked up and through-traffic had been achieved. The lines serving Miyakonojō were redesignated. The stretch to Yoshimatsu (running generally northeast) was designated as the Kitto Line with Miyakonojō as the eastern terminus. The other tracks, with lines of various names now linked up to Kagoshima were designated as part of the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the successor to Japanese Government Railways, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of Kyushu Railway Company.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,111 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 152nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[3]

See also

References
  1. 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, 232. ISBN 4533029809.
  2. 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. pp. 760–1, 776. ISBN 4533029809.
  3. "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.


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