Haramizu_Station
Haramizu Station
Railway station in Kikuyō, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Haramizu Station (原水駅, Haramizu-eki) is a railway station on the Hohi Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Kikuyō, Kumamoto, Japan.[1][2]
Haramizu Station 原水駅 | |||||
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Haramizu Station in 2006 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 32°52′14″N 130°49′44″E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Hōhi Main Line | ||||
| Distance | 18.9 km from Kumamoto | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 25 July 1920 (1920-07-25) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2016 | 668 daily | ||||
| Rank | 212th (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||
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The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 18.9 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.[3]
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two platforms serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a simple steel frame structure which serves only to house a waiting room and an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a level crossing.[2][3]
- A view of the platforms and tracks.
- Passenger shelter on platform 2.
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Haramizu as an additional station on the existing track of the then Miyagi Light Rail Line (宮地軽便線) (later the Miyagi Line) from Kumamoto eastwards to Higo-Ōzu. By 1928, the track had been extended eastward and had linked up with the Inukai Line (犬飼線) which had been built westward from Ōita. On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto to Ōita was designated as the Hōhi 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]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 668 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 212th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]
- "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- 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. 35, 77. 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. p. 228. 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. 744. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- "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.
- Haramizu (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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