Uminoura Station
Uminoura Station 海浦駅 | |||||||
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 Uminoura station platform and track in 2008 | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Uminoura, Ashikita-machi, Ashikita-gun, Kumamoto-ken 869-5304 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 32°19′41″N 130°29′19″E / 32.32797°N 130.48869°E[1] | ||||||
| Operated by | Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd. | ||||||
| Line(s) | Hisatsu Orange Railway | ||||||
| Distance |
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Station code | OR08 | ||||||
| Website | Official (in Japanese) | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1 June 1959 | ||||||
| Original company | Japanese National Railways | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| FY2019 | 29 | ||||||
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Uminoura Station (海浦駅, Uminoura-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Agukita, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway[3][4]
Lines
[edit]The station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai. It is located 26.7 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.[5]
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of oneside platform at street level, serving a single bi-directional tracks. There is no station building, but only an open-fronted shelter on the platform. It is unattended.[5][3]
Gallery
[edit]-
Station sign -
Landscape surrounding station -
View from train approaching station
Adjacent stations
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hisatsu Orange Railway Line | ||||
| Higo Tanoura | – | Sashiki | ||
| Rapid Express Super Orange: Does not stop at this station | ||||
History
[edit]Umiura Station was opened on 1 June 1959 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR) Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.
Passenger statistics
[edit]The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 29 passengers.[6]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Umiura Fishing Port
- Japan National Route 3
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Uminoura Eki, via GeoNames". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "海浦駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ^ a b "海浦駅trans-title= Umiura Station". hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "海浦(うみのうら)". 肥薩おれんじ鉄道 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ a b 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5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
- ^ National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Uminoura Station at Wikimedia Commons- Official Hisatsu Orange Railway site (in Japanese)
- Yahoo! Japan Transit station guide
