Imazu Station (Ōita)

Imazu Station (今津駅, Imazu-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by Kyūshū Railway Company in Nakatsu, Ōita, Japan.[1][2]

Imazu Station

今津駅
Imazu Station in 2007
LocationNakatsu, Ōita
Japan
Coordinates 33°34′19″N 131°16′03″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
Distance60.1 km from Kokura
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingAvailable at forecourt
Disabled accessNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusKan'i itaku station
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 September 1897 (1897-09-25)
Passengers
FY2015136 daily
Location
Imazu Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 60.1 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. Both tracks run on the south side of their respective platforms, suggesting that platform 2 was once an island platform but the middle line has been removed. The station building is a wooden structure of traditional Japanese design and houses a staffed ticket window, a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3][4]

JR Kyushu ceased to staff the station in March 2015. Thereafter, Nakatsu City authorities managed the ticket window on a kan'i itaku basis.[4][5][6]

  • A view of the platforms and tracks. Note what appears to be the trackbed of a former track next to the platform to the left.
  • A view of the station forecourt.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nippō Main Line
Higashi-Nakatsu Local Amatsu

History

The private Hōshū Railway opened the station on 25 September 1897 as an intermediate station on the Hōshū Railway, a line which it had laid from Yukuhashi to Yanagigaura. The Hōshū Railway was acquired by the Kyushu Railway on 3 September 1901 and the Kyushu Railway was itself nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) designated the station as part of the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909. On 15 December 1923, the station became part of the Nippō Main 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.[7][8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 49,464 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 136 passengers.[9]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "今津" [Imazu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 3 May 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. 48, 79. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. "1日目その11 日豊本線中津駅＆今津駅（大分県中津市）新春東九州木造駅舎詣の旅" [Day 1 Part 11 Nakatsu to Imazu (Nakatsu city, Oita prefecture) New Year East Kyushu wooden station building tour]. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. "東中津、今津、熊崎、上臼杵の４駅　大分県内の無人化計画、ＪＲ九州" [Higashi-Nakatsu, Imazu, Kumasaki, Kami-Usuki 4 stations in Ōita Prefecture are planned to be unstaffed JR Kyushu]. Nishinippon Shimbun. JR Kyushu. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. "今津駅" [Imazu Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 3 May 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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. 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. 751. ISBN 4533029809.
  9. "平成28年版　大分県統計年鑑 11 運輸および通信" [Oita Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition Section 11 Transportation and Communications]. Oita Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).


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