Hayato Station (Kagoshima)

Hayato Station (隼人駅, Hayato-eki) is a railway station in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.[1][2]

Hayato Station 隼人駅
Hayato Station in May 2018
Location	Hayato-Chō Mitsugi, Kirishima （鹿児島県霧島市隼人町見次） Kagoshima Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	31.7438°N 130.7397°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line ■ Hisatsu Line
Distance	434.7 km from Kokura
Platforms	1 side platform + 1 island platform
Tracks	3 + multiple sidings
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available at forecourt
Bicycle facilities	Designated parking area for bikes
Disabled access	No - island platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	10 June 1901
Previous names	Kokubu (until 1 September 1929) Nishi-Kokubu (until 15 September 1930)
Passengers
FY2016	1,641 daily
Rank	109th
Location
Hayato Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 434.7 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side and an island platform serving three tracks at grade. A passing loop and two sidings branch off track 3 to the southeast. The station building, located on the northwest side of the tracks, is a modern concrete structure with bamboo trim which houses a waiting area, automatic ticket vending machines and staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2]

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 Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

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  A view of the station platforms. The sidings can be seen to the extreme right.
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  A close-in view of the station building showing the bamboo trim on the walls.

Platforms

1	■ Nippō Main Line	for Kajiki, Chōsa, and Kagoshima-Chūō
	■ Nippō Main Line	for Kokubu, Miyakonojō, and Miyazaki
	■ Hisatsu Line	for Kirishima-Onsen, Kurino, and Yoshimatsu
	■ Limited express Kirishima	for Kajiki, Kagoshima, and Kagoshima-Chūō
	■ Limited express Kirishima	for Kokubu, Miyakonojō, and Miyazaki
	■ Limited express Hayato no Kaze	for Kagoshima and Kagoshima-Chūō
	■ Limited express Hayato no Kaze	for Kirishima-Onsen, Kurino, and Yoshimatsu
2	■ Nippō Main Line	for Kokubu, Miyakonojō, and Miyazaki
	■ Hisatsu Line	for Kirishima, Kurino, and Yoshimatsu
	■ Limited express Kirishima	for Kokubu, Miyakonojō, and Miyazaki
3	■ Nippō Main Line	for Kajiki, Chōsa, and Kagoshima-Chūō
	■ Nippō Main Line	for Kokubu, Miyakonojō, and Miyazaki
	■ Limited express Kirishima	for Kajiki, Kagoshima, and Kagoshima-Chūō
	■ Limited express Kirishima	for Kokubu, Miyakonojō, and Miyazaki

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Nippō Main Line
Kokubu		Local	Kajiki
Hisatsu Line
Hinatayama		Local	Terminus
JR Limited Express
Kareigawa		Hayato no Kaze	Kagoshima
Kokubu		Kirishima	Kajiki

History

The station was opened with the name of Kokubu on 10 June 1901 by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) as the northern terminus of the then Kagoshima Line which it had laid from Kagoshima. From here, the track was extended north in phases, reaching Yokogawa (now Ōsumi-Yokogawa) on 15 January 1903 and Yoshimatsu on 5 September 1903. By 1909, the track had linked up with the Hitoyoshi line reaching south from Yatsushiro. Through traffic was achieved between Mojikō in the north of Kyushu to Kagoshima in the south. The entire stretch of track from Mojikō through Yatsushiro, Kokubu to Kagoshima was redesignated as the Kagoshima Main Line on 21 November 1909.[6][7][8]

By 1927, another track from Yatsushiro through Sendai to Kagoshima had been built and this was now designated as part of the Kagoshima Main Line. The track from Yatsushiro through Kokubu to Kagoshima was thus redesignated as the Hisatsu Line on 17 October 1927.[9]

On 1 September 1929, the station was renamed Nishi-Kokubu. On 24 November 1929, a new track, the Kokuto-West Line (国都西線) was opened to another station further to the east which took on the previous name of Kokubu. On 15 September 1930, Nishi-Kokubu was renamed to Hayato. The Kokuto-West Line was expanded to the east and north, linking up with the Kokuto-East Line and other networks so that by the end of 1932, through-traffic had been established between Kokura and Kagoshima. On 6 December 1932, the entire stretch of track from Kokura through Hayato to Kagoshima was redesignated as the Nippō Main Line. At the same time, Hayato became the southern terminus of the Hisatsu Line. 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][10][8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,641 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 109th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[11]

Surrounding area

• Hayato Post office
• Kirishima City Hall Hayato Branch
• Kagoshima Shrine

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "隼人" [Hayato]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 June 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7巻 宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 63, 92. ISBN 9784062951661.
4. "鹿児島支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kagoshima Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
5. "隼人駅" [Hayato Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018. See images of tickets sold.
6. 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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 229. ISBN 4533029809.
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. 761. ISBN 4533029809.
8. 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. p. 49. ISBN 9784107900302.
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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 218, 222. ISBN 4533029809.
10. 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. 762. ISBN 4533029809.
11. "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.

External links

• Hayato (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)