Minami-Yufu Station

Minami-Yufu Station 南由布駅
Minami-Yufu Station in 2011
General information
Other names	Yufuinchō, Nakagawa, Yufu-shi, Ōita-ken 879-5104
Location	Japan
Coordinates	33°14′32″N 131°20′01″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kyūdai Main Line
Distance	102.5 km from Kurume
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	29 July 1925 (1925-07-29)
Passengers
FY2015	51 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Yufuin towards Kurume Kyūdai Main Line Yunohira towards Ōita
Location Minami-Yufu Station Location within Oita Prefecture Show map of Oita Prefecture Minami-Yufu Station Minami-Yufu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Minami-Yufu Station (南由布駅, Minami-Yufu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Yufuin neighborhood of the city of Yufu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 102.5 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3]

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. The station building, a wooden strutre of traditional Japanese design with white plaster walls and a tiled roof, is unstaffed and 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 with ramps. Next to the station building is a bike shed with a tiled roof to match.[2][3]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line	for Ōita
2	■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line	for Yufuin and Hita

• 
  A view of the station platforms and tracks. Note the bike shed to the left.
• 
  Detail of the level crossing.

History

The private Daito Railway (大湯鉄道) had opened a track between Ōita and Onoya in 1915. The Daito Railway was nationalized on 1 December 1922, after which Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook phased westward expansion of the track which, at the time, it had designated as the Daito Line. By 1923, the track had reached Yunohira and then, on 29 July 1925, Yufuin (then known as Kita-Yufuin) was established as the new western terminus. Minami-Yufu was opened on the same day as an intermediate station along the new track. On 15 November 1934, when the Daito Line had linked up with the Kyudai Main Line further west, JGR designated the station as part of the Kyudai 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 18,548 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 51 passengers.[6]

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 210

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "南由布" [Minami-Yufu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
3. 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4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 40, 74. ISBN 9784062951630.
4. 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. 227. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
5. 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. 741. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
6. "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).

External links

Media related to Minami-Yufu Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Minami-Yufu (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)