Kumasaki Station

Railway station in Usuki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

33°08′10″N 131°47′16″E / 33.13611°N 131.78778°E / 33.13611; 131.78778Operated by

JR KyushuLine(s)■ Nippō Main LineDistance164.7 km from KokuraPlatforms1 island platformTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeAccessibleNo - footbridge to island platformOther informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened15 August 1920 (1920-08-15)PassengersFY2016399 dailyRank270th (among JR Kyushu stations) Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Kami-Usuki towards Kagoshima		Nippō Main Line		Shitanoe towards Kokura

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

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

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 164.7 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a timber structure of traditional Japanese design. It is unstaffed and serves only to house a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Platforms

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

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 15 August 1920 as an additional station on the existing track of what was then its Hōshū Main Line, subsequently renamed the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923. 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]

The station became unstaffed on 14 March 2015.^[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 399 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 270th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[8]

Surrounding area

Sashiu port

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "熊崎" [Kumasaki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 2 May 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. 44, 82. ISBN 9784062951654.
^ "熊崎" [Kumasaki]. Retrieved 2 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
^ 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. 754. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "JR九州の駅半数無人化、新たに8路線20駅" [Half of JR Kyushu stations unstaffed Another 20 stations on 8 lines]. Yomiuri Shimbun. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.