Teruoka Station

Teruoka Station (光岡駅, Teruoka-eki) is a railway station in Hita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Kyudai Main Line.[1][2]

Teruoka Station

光岡駅
Teruoka Station in 2007
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°19′39″N 130°55′12″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kyūdai Main Line
Distance45.2 km from Kurume
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened3 March 1934 (1934-03-03)
Passengers
FY2015114 daily
Location
Teruoka Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 45.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding. The station building is a modern structure but built in traditional Japanese style with a tiled roof. It is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing.[2][3][4]

  • The old station building. This picture was taken in 2005

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Kyūdai Main Line
Yoake   Local   Hita

Note: Since July 2017, the line after Teruoka has been cut due to a bridge collapse. The connection between Teruoka and Hita is now made by a JR bus service.[5]

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Kyudai Main Line on 24 December 1928 with a track between Kurume and Chikugo-Yoshii and had extended the line east to Yoake by 12 March 1932. In a further phase of expansion, the track was extended east with Hita opening as the eastern terminus on 3 March 1934. Teruoka opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[6][7]

In July 2017, torrential rainfall led to the railway bridge across the Kagetsugawa River about 1 km east of the station being swept away, cutting the line. Through service between Teruoka and the next station at Hita were suspended and the connection is now being made by a bus.[5] JR Kyushu said it intended to resume service by the summer of 2018[8] but later stated that it could be a long time before service is restored.[9]

  • The collapsed bridge over the Kagetsugawa River.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 41,755 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 114 passengers.[10]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "光岡" [Teruoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 April 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. 38, 73. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. "光岡" [Teruoka]. Retrieved 8 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. "Death toll from Kyushu rains hits 22 as searches, evacuations continue". Mainichi Daily News. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  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. p. 227. 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. 739. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. "平成29年7月九州北部豪雨による久大本線・日田彦山線の状況について" [The situation of the Kyudai and Hitahikosan Lines after the torrential rain in Northern Kyushu in July 2017] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See also for pictures of the collapsed bridge.
  9. "Suspension of the train service" (PDF). JR Kyushu. September 2017. Retrieved 8 April 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).


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