Shigeoka Station

Railway station in Saiki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

■ Nippō Main LineDistance224.2 km from KokuraPlatforms1 side + 1 island platformsTracks3 + 1 sidingConstructionStructure typeAt gradeAccessibleNo - platform accessed by footbridgeOther informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened26 March 1922 (1922-03-26)PassengersFY201516 daily Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Sōtarō towards Kagoshima		Nippō Main Line		Naokawa towards Kokura

Location
Shigeoka Station Location within Oita Prefecture Show map of Oita Prefecture Shigeoka Station Shigeoka Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shigeoka Station (重岡駅, Shigeoka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Saiki, Ōita, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 224.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station, which is not staffed, consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. A siding branches off track 1, ending on the other side of the side platform. There is no station building, but a wooden shed in traditional Japanese style has been set up as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.^[2]^[3]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Nobeoka
2, 3	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Saiki

A view of the station platforms looking north.
A view of the station platform looking south. The siding can be seen branching off to the left.

History

The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from Kokura to Yanagigaura down the east coast of Kyushu. 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 over the next 13 years, establishing Shigeoka as its southern terminus on 26 March 1922. Subsequently, the track was further extended to meet the Miyazaki Main Line which had been extending northwards from Miyazaki and which had reached Ichitana by July 1923. The link up between the two lines was achieved on 15 December 1923, and through traffic was thus established from Kokura in the north through Shigeoka to Miyakonojō. The entire stretch of track was then 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.^[4]^[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 5,978 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 16 passengers.^[6]

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 10

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "重岡" [Shigeoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ ^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. 48, 83. 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 756. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "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. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).