Usuki Station (Kagoshima)

Usuki Station 宇宿駅
front of Usuki Station.
Location
Prefecture	Kagoshima (See other stations in Kagoshima)
City	Kagoshima
Neighborhood etc.	Usuki 3-chome
(in Japanese)	鹿児島県鹿児島市宇宿3丁目
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	Ibusuki Makurazaki Line

Usuki Station (宇宿駅, Usuki-eki) is a railway station in the Usuki area of the city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The station is on the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

The station is at ground level, and has one single-sided platform serving one track. The station is staffed by an employee of a wholly owned subsidiary of the railway.

Usuki is about 5 km from Kagoshima-Chūō Station in the center of Kagoshima.

Near Usuki Station are several facilities. Among them are

• Wakida Station, a stop on the Taniyama Line of the Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau
• The Sakuragaoka Danchi apartment complex
• A shopping arcade, a mall and various other retail outlets, including Yamada Denki and Deodeo stores
• The local JA branch
• Kagoshima University Medical And Dental Hospital

The station appears in the manga Go!! Southern Ice Hockey Club by Kōji Kumeta.

Neighboring stations

Minami-Kagoshima Station — Usuki Station — Taniyama Station

See also

• Usuki Station (Oita)
• List of railway stations in Japan

Source

This article incorporates material translated from 宇宿駅 (Usuki-eki) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on October 25, 2008.

External links

• Station Information (JR Kyūshū)(Japanese)
• Usuki Station timetable JR Kyushu

31°32′39″N 130°32′11″E