Usa Station

Usa Station (宇佐駅, Usa-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by Kyūshū Railway Company in Usa, Ōita, Japan.[1][2]

Usa Station

宇佐駅
Usa Station in April 2016
LocationUsa, Ōita
Japan
Coordinates 33°31′56″N 131°24′43″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
Distance75.8 km from Kokura
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingAvailable at forecourt
Disabled accessNo - island platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened21 December 1909 (1909-12-21)
Passengers
FY2016423 daily
Rank263rd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Usa Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 75.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side and an island platform serving three tracks. The station building is a modern concrete block structure with a colour scheme chosen to match the Usa Jingū shrine. Facilities include a staffed ticket window, a waiting area and lockers. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3]

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 Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

  • A view of the platforms and tracks. The siding can be seen at the extreme right beyond the island platform.
  • The station name board makes a visual pun about the station name and the United States. There is also a graphic of the Usa shrine.
  • Another nameboard, with a detailed drawing of the Usa shrine.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nippō Main Line
Buzen-Nagasu Local Nishiyashiki

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, with Usa opening as the new southern terminus on 21 December 1909. It became a through-station on 15 December 1910 when the track was extended further to Naka-Yamaga. 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]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 423 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 263rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "宇佐" [Usa]. 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. 46, 80. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  5. "宇佐駅" [Usa Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 1 May 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. 752. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. "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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