Miyazaki-Jingū Station

Miyazaki-Jingū Station
Miyazaki-Jingū Station; 宮崎神宮駅
	Entrance of Miyazaki-Jingū Station in 2017
Location	Japan
Coordinates	31°56′18″N 131°25′50″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	337.4 km from Kokura
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 + 2 sidings
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Designated parking area for bicycles
Disabled access	Yes - level crossing and ramp to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 December 1913
Previous names	Hanagajima (until 10 November 1954)
Passengers
FY2016	542 daily
Rank	235th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
	Miyazaki-Jingū Station Location within Japan

Miyazaki-Jingū Station (宮崎神宮駅, Miyazaki-Jingū-eki) is a railway station in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 337.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade with two sidings beyond platform/track 2. There is no station building but an enclosed waiting room housing an automatic ticket vending machine has been set up under the canopy of the island platform. A red torii stands at the station entrance, recalling the nearby Miyazaki-jingū shrine. Access to the island platform from the station entrance is by means of a level crossing with a ramp.[2][3]

Another view of the station entrance. The concrete structure behind the torii is not the station building but a toilet.
A view of the island platform. Note the Sugoca card reader and the waiting room.
Another view of the platform. Beyond the waiting room, the level crossing can be seen in the distance.
The old station building, since demolished. This photo was taken in 2003.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nippō Main Line
Hasugaike		Local	Miyazaki

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 Hanagajima (花ヶ島) 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 Hanagajima 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. Hanagajima was renamed Miyazaki-Jingu on 10 November 1954. 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.[4][5][6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 542 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 235th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

Environs

Miyazaki-jingū

References

"JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
"宮崎神宮" [Miyazaki-Jingū]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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. 55, 86. ISBN 9784062951654.
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.
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. 759. ISBN 4533029809.
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.

External links

Miyazaki-Jingū (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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[stationmap-1] "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[hacchi-2] "宮崎神宮" [Miyazaki-Jingū]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

[kawashima-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. 55, 86. ISBN 9784062951654.

[teishajo1-4] 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.

[teishajo2-5] 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. 759. ISBN 4533029809.

[imao-6] 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.

[7] "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.