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Bungo-Toyooka Station

豊後豊岡駅
Bungo-Toyooka Station; 豊後豊岡駅
	Bungo-Toyooka in June 2008
General information
Location	Toyooka, Hiji-cho, Hayami-gun, Oita-ken 879-1507; Japan
Coordinates	33°21′43″N 131°30′05″E / 33.36194°N 131.50139°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	111.3 km from Kokura
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Yes - footbridge to platform served by elevators
Other information
Status	Kan'i itaku station
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 July 1911
Previous names	Kashiranari (until 1 August 1940)
Passengers
FY2016	418 daily
Rank	264th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Location
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	Bungo-Toyooka Station Location within Oita Prefecture Bungo-Toyooka Station Bungo-Toyooka Station (Japan)

Bungo-Toyooka Station (豊後豊岡駅, Bungo-Toyooka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Hiji, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 111.3 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a wooden structure of traditional Japanese design with a tiled roof. It houses a waiting area, an automatic ticket vending machine and a staffed ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.^[2]^[3]

The station is not staffed by JR Kyushu but the local town authorities act as a kan'i itaku agent manages the ticket window which is equipped with a POS machine.^[4]^[5]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Nakatsu and Kokura
2	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Beppu and Ōita

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, with Beppu opening as the new southern terminus on 16 July 1911. On the same day, this station, then named Kahiranari (頭成), was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. On 1 August 1940, the station was renamed Bungo-Toyooka. 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]

The station became unstaffed in July 2014. Subsequently, on 1 April 2016, the Hiji town authorities took over the staffing of the ticket window as a kan'i itaku agent.^[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 418 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 264th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[8]

Surrounding area

Hiji Municipal Toyooka Elementary School
Hiji Town Hall Toyooka Branch

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "豊後豊岡" [Bungo-Toyooka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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. 45, 81. ISBN 9784062951630.
^ ^a ^b "日出町広報誌2016年4月号" [Hiji News Magazine 2016 April] (PDF). Hiji Town. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
^ "豊後豊岡" [Bungo-Toyooka Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 30 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
^ 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 752–3. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "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 3 March 2018.