Beppu Daigaku Station

Beppu Daigaku Station (別府大学駅, Beppu-Daigaku-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by the Kyūshū Railway Company in Beppu, Ōita, Japan.[1][2]

Beppu Daigaku Station

別府大学駅
Beppu Daigaku Station in May 2007
LocationBeppu, Ōita
Japan
Coordinates 33°18′47″N 131°29′58″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
Distance117.0 km from Kokura
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened9 March 1987 (1987-03-09)
Passengers
FY20161,828 daily
Rank101st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Beppu Daigaku Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 117.0 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. There is no standalone station building. The ticket window is located on the ground floor of the Beppu City International Exchange Centre (別府市国際交流会館), a hostel with rooms to let. The platforms are linked by a footbridge.[2][3][4]

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 POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nippō Main Line
Kamegawa Local Beppu

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 9 March 1987 as an additional station on the existing track of the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,828 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 101st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "別府大学" [Beppu Daigaku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 30 April 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. 45, 81. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. "別府市国際交流会館 - 別府大" [Beppu City International Exchange Centre] (PDF). Beppu University website. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  6. "別府大学駅" [Beppu University Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 30 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  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. 753. 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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