Sanrigi_Station
Sanrigi Station
Railway station in Kikuyō, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Sanrigi Station (三里木駅, Sanrigi-eki) is a railway station on the Hohi Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Kikuyō, Kumamoto, Japan.[1][2]
Sanrigi Station 三里木駅 | |||||
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Sanrigi Station in 2006 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 32°51′43″N 130°47′49″E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Hōhi Main Line | ||||
| Distance | 15.8 km from Kumamoto | ||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||
| Tracks | 2 + 1 siding | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Bike shed | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 21 June 1914 (1914-06-21) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2016 | 542 daily | ||||
| Rank | 236th (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||
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The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 15.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.[3]
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade with a siding. The station building is a modern concrete structure which houses a waiting area, a staffed ticket window as well as the Kikuyō town information centre. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing.[2][3]
Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]
- A view of the platforms and tracks. The siding can be seen to the right.
On 21 June 1914, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the Miyagi Light Rail Line (宮地軽便線) (later the Miyagi Line) from Kumamoto eastwards to Higo-Ōzu. On the same day, Sanrigi station was opened as one of several intermediate stations along the track. 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.[6][7]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 542 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 236th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]
- "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. 34, 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.
- Sanrigi (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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