Sakanoichi Station

Sakanoichi Station (坂ノ市駅, Sakanoichi-eki) is a railway station in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line. The station serves the Ōita suburb of Sakanoichi.[1][2]

Sakanoichi Station

坂ノ市駅
Sakanoichi Station in 2009
LocationŌita City, Ōita Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates33°14′12″N 131°45′07″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
Distance147.4 km from Kokura
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesDesignated parking area for bikes
Disabled accessNo - island platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 April 1914 (1914-04-01)
Passengers
FY20161,165 daily
Rank147th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Sakanoichi Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 147.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade with a siding. The station building is a modern steel frame structure with a flat roof. It houses a waiting area, SUGOCA card readers, automatic ticket vending machines and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. Bike sheds and parking are available at the station forecourt.[2][3]

Management of the passenger facilities at 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 window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Nippō Main Line
Ōzai Local Kōzaki

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. On 1 April 1914, Kōzaki was opened as the new southern terminus after the track had been extended south from Ōita. On the same day, Sakanoichi was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was 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.[6][7]

JR Kyushu had planned to convert Sakanoichi (with several other stations in Ōita City) into an unstaffed, remotely-managed "Smart Support Station" by 17 March 2018 but after opposition from users, this was postponed, pending works to improve accessibility.[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 147th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "坂ノ市" [Sakanoichi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 June 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6巻 熊本 大分 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. 45, 82. ISBN 9784062951654.
  4. "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  5. "坂ノ市駅" [Sakanoichi Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 18 June 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  6. 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.
  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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 754. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. "大分市内、牧駅除く７駅は無人化先送り　ＪＲ九州" [With exception of Maki, unstaffing of 7 stations in Ōita City postponed JR Kyushu]. Ōita Gōdō Shimbun. 15 February 2018. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  9. "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 18 June 2018.


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