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Hyūga-Sumiyoshi Station

日向住吉駅
Hyūga-Sumiyoshi Station; 日向住吉駅
	Hyūga-Sumiyoshi Station in 2006
General information
Location	Shimanouchi, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki-ken 880-0121; Japan
Coordinates	31°59′26″N 131°27′26″E / 31.99056°N 131.45722°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	330.9 km from Kokura
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Designated parking area for bicycles
Accessible	No - footbridge to platform
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 December 1913
Previous names	Jirogabyū (until 1 October 1935)
Passengers
FY2016	858 daily
Rank	183rd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
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	Hyūga-Sumiyoshi Station Location within Miyazaki Prefecture Hyūga-Sumiyoshi Station Hyūga-Sumiyoshi Station (Japan)

Hyūga-Sumiyoshi Station (日向住吉駅, Hyūga-Sumiyoshi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 330.9 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3] Only local trains stop at this station.

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade with a siding. The station building is a wooden structure in western style with a stained glass gable. It houses a staffed ticket window and a waiting area. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.^[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 booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[4]^[5]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Miyazaki
2	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Nobeoka

History

On 15 December 1913, the Miyazaki Prefectural Railway (宮崎県営鉄道) opened a line from Miyazaki northwards to Hirose (now closed). This station, then named Jirogabyū Station (次郎ヶ別府駅) was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. The Miyazaki Prefectural Railway was nationalized on 21 September 1917 and Japanese Government Railways (JGR) assumed control of the station, designating it as part of the Tsuma Light Rail Line (妻軽便線). By 1920, JGR had extended the track from Hirose northwards to Takanabe. Thus on 11 September 1920, JGR designated the stretch of track from Takanabe, through this station to Miyazaki as part of the Miyazaki Main Line, which at that time already comprised the track from Miyazaki southwards to Miyakonojō. Expanding north of Takanabe in phases, the track eventually reached Kokura and the entire stretch from Kokura to Miyakonojō was redesignated as the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923. Jirogabyū was renamed Hyūga-Sumiyoshi on 1 October 1935. Freight operations were discontinued in 1962 and baggage handling in 1984. 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]^[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 858 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 183rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[9]

Surrounding area

Nissho Gakuen Junior and Senior High School
Miyazaki Nihon University Academy

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "日向住吉" [Hyūga-Sumiyoshi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 May 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. 54, 86. ISBN 9784062951654.
^ "鹿児島支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kagoshima Branch]. JRTE website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ "日向住吉駅" [Hyūga-Sumiyoshi Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 18 May 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. p. 759. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号九州沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
^ "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.