Nobeoka Station

Nobeoka Station (延岡駅, Nobeoka-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

Nobeoka Station

延岡駅
The present station building, which opened in August 2017, in December 2018
LocationNobeoka, Miyazaki
Japan
Coordinates32°35′23″N 131°40′20″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
History
Opened1 May 1922
Location
Nobeoka Station
Location within Japan
Nobeoka Station
Nobeoka Station (Kyushu)

Lines

Nobeoka Station is served by the Nippō Main Line. The station was also the terminus of the Takachiho Railway until 2007.

  • Nobeoka Station platforms in May 2013
  • The former Takachiho Railway platform in May 2013
  • Trackbed at the former Takachiho Railway platform in May 2013

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nippō Main Line
Kita-Nobeoka - Minami-Nobeoka

History
Former station building in May 2010

In 1913, the Miyazaki Prefectural Railway (宮崎県営鉄道) 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 which it designated as the Miyazaki Main Line. Expanding north in phases, the track reached Nobeoka which was established as the northern terminus on 1 May 1922. It became a through-station on 29 October 1922 when the track was extended to Hyūga-Nagai. By 1923, the track had approached the southern terminus of the then Hoshū Line which JGR had been extending southwards from Kokura down the east coast of Kyushu to reach Shigeoka by March 1922. The link up between the two lines was achieved on 15 December 1923, and through traffic was thus established from Kokura through Nobeoka to Miyakonojō. The entire stretch of track was then renamed the Nippō Main Line. 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.[1][2][3]

A new station building, accompanied by a mixed-use commercial development, opened in August 2017.[4]

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. 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. p. 757. ISBN 4533029809.
  3. 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. 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
  4. "ＪＲ延岡駅：駅舎リニューアル 来月５日から営業開始 ／宮崎". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.


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