Shitanoe Station

Shitanoe Station (下ノ江駅, Shitanoe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Usuki, Ōita, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1][2]

Shitanoe Station 下ノ江駅
Shitanoe Station in 2008
General information
Location	Tai, Usuki-shi, Ōita-ken 875-0003 Japan
Coordinates	33°09′31″N 131°48′41″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	161.1 km from Kokura
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Accessible	No - island platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 August 1915 (1915-08-15)
Passengers
FY2015	53 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Kumasaki towards Kagoshima Nippō Main Line Sashiu towards Kokura
Location Shitanoe Station Location within Oita Prefecture Show map of Oita Prefecture Shitanoe Station Shitanoe Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 161.1 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station, which is not staffed, consists of an island platform serving at grade. The station building is an old Japanese-style structure with a ticket window which is now not staffed and serves only as a waiting room. A footbridge gives access to the island platform where there is another enclosed waiting room which houses an automatic ticket vending machine. A siding branches off the main tracks and terminates in a vehicle shed. Along this siding can be seen the remains of a disused freight platform.^[2][3][4]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Saiki
2	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Ōita

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 Usuki opening as the new southern terminus on 15 August 1915. On the same day, Shitanoe was opened as one of several intermediate statIns along the new track. On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was renamed 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.^[5][6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 19,343 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 53 passengers.^[7]

Surrounding area

• Shimonoe Shipbuilding
• Japan National Route 217

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan