Kami Tanoura Station

Kami Tanoura Station

上田浦駅
Kami Tanoura Station in 2006
Kami Tanoura Stationin 2006
General information
LocationImuta, Ashikita-mchi, Ashikita-gun, Kumamoto-ken 869-5307
Japan
Coordinates32°23′34″N 130°31′07″E / 32.3928723°N 130.5185212°E / 32.3928723; 130.5185212[1]
Operated byHisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)Hisatsu Orange Railway
Distance
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
WebsiteOfficial (in Japanese)
History
Opened10 October 1952 (1952-10-10)
Original companyJapanese National Railways
Passengers
FY201918
Location
Kami Tanoura Station is located in Kumamoto Prefecture
Kami Tanoura Station
Kami Tanoura Station
Location within Kumamoto Prefecture
Kami Tanoura Station is located in Japan
Kami Tanoura Station
Kami Tanoura Station
Kami Tanoura Station (Japan)
Map

Kami Tanoura Station (上田浦駅, Kami Tanoura-eki) i is a passenger railway station in the town of Agukita, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway[3][4]

Lines

The station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai. It is located 18.0 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.[5]

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform at street level, connected by a footbridge and two tracks. There is no station building, but a i front of the station, there is a log cabin-style bicycle parking lot built in 1990, which is often mistaken for a station building. The station is unattended.[5][3]

Platforms

1 ■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway for Minamata and Izumi
2 ■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway for Yatsushiro and Shin-Yatsushiro
  • Station sign
    Station sign
  • Bicycle garage
    Bicycle garage

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Higo Futami – Tanoura Otachimisaki Park
Rapid Express Super Orange: Does not stop at this station

History

Kami Tanoura Station was opened on 10 October 1952 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR) Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.

Passenger statistics

The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 18 passengers.[6]

Surrounding area

  • Koganegahama Beach

See also

References

  1. ^ "Node: Kami-Tanoura (2012814808)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  2. ^ "上田浦駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  3. ^ a b "上田浦駅" [Kami Tanoura Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. ^ "上田浦駅 各駅案内". 肥薩おれんじ鉄道 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  5. ^ 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5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
  6. ^ National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.