Naokawa Station

Naokawa Station (直川駅, Naokawa-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line in Saiki, Ōita, Japan, operated by Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

Naokawa Station

直川駅
Naokawa Station in July 2009
LocationSaiki, Oita
Japan
Coordinates 32°53′56″N 131°46′47″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
History
Opened20 November 1920
Previous namesGonohara (until 1961)
Location
Naokawa Station
Location within Japan
Naokawa Station
Naokawa Station (Kyushu)

Lines

Naokawa Station is served by the Nippō Main Line.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nippō Main Line
Naomi - Shigeoka

History

The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from Kokura to Yanagigaura. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases, with this station opening on 20 November 1920 with the name Gonohara (神原) as the new southern terminus. On 26 March 1922, Gonohara became a through-station when the track was extended to Shigeoka. On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line which served the station had linked up with the Miyazaki Main Line to the south. Through traffic was established from Kokura to Miyakonojō. The entire stretch of track was then renamed the Nippō Main Line. On 20 March 1961, Gonohara was renamed Naokawa. 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.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 5,613 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 15 passengers.[3]

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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. 756. ISBN 4533029809.
  3. "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. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).


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