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Satsuma-Shioya Station

薩摩塩屋駅
Satsuma-Shioya Station; 薩摩塩屋駅
	Satsuma-Shioya Station
General information
Location	Chiranchō Shioya, Minamikyūshū-shi, Kagoshima-ken 891-0911; Japan
Coordinates	31°15′25.47″N 130°22′33.89″E / 31.2570750°N 130.3760806°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Ibusuki Makurazaki Line
Distance	79.9 km from Kagoshima-Chūō
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	31 October 1963
Passengers
FY2015	0.1 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Satsuma-Shioya Station Location within Kagoshima Prefecture Satsuma-Shioya Station Satsuma-Shioya Station (Japan)

Satsuma-Shioya Station (薩摩塩屋駅, Satsuma-Shioya-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Minamikyūshū, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line and is located 79.9 km from the starting point of the line at Kagoshima-Chūō.^[1]

Layout

This is an above-ground station with one side platform and one track. It is an unattended station. There is no station building. It was previously an interchange station with one island platform and two tracks. Traces of this can still be seen in the wiring and now deadheaded second track used as a siding for storing maintenance machinery.

Platform
siding

History

The station was opened on 31 October 1963 as a station on the JNR Ibusuki Line, when the line was extended from Saijo Station to Makurazaki Station to become the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line. On this day, Ishigaki Station, Suisegawa Station, Sagaokawa Station, Matsugaura Station, Goryō Station, Shirasawa Station, Satsuma Itashiki Station, and Makurazaki Station were also opened. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.^[3]^[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 0.1 passengers daily.^{[citation needed]}

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 226

References

^ ^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.
^ "薩摩塩屋駅" [Satsuma-Shioya Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ 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. p. 218. 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. 681. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.