Onoya Station

Onoya Station 小野屋駅
Onoya Station in July 2007
General information
Location	Shōnaichō Higashichōhō, Yufu-shi, Ōita-ken 879-5405 Japan
Coordinates	33°11′07″N 131°27′09″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kyūdai Main Line
Distance	119.6 km from Kurume
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	30 October 1915 (1915-10-30)
Passengers
FY2016	357 daily
Rank	284th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Tenjinyama towards Kurume Kyūdai Main Line Onigase towards Ōita
Location Onoya Station Location within Oita Prefecture Show map of Oita Prefecture Onoya Station Onoya Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Onoya Station (小野屋駅, Onoya-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Shōnai 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 119.6 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 modern steel structure, is unstaffed and serves only to house a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine. From the access road, it is necessary to go up a short flight of steps to enter the station building. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3]

Platforms

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

History

The private Daito Railway (大湯鉄道) opened the station on 30 October 1915 as the western terminus of a track which it had laid from Ōita. On 1 December 1922, the Daito Railway was nationalized and absorbed into Japanese Government Railways, (JGR) which designated the track which served the station as part of the Daito Line. On 29 September 1923, Onoya became a through-station when the track was extended further west to Yunohira. 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]

The station, which formerly had an outsourced ticket window, became unstaffed from April 2016.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 357 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 284th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

Surrounding area

• Monument to Santoka Taneda
• Yufu City Anan Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "小野屋" [Onoya]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 13 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. 41, 75. 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. pp. 741–2. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
6. "小野屋駅の駅営業体制変更のお知らせ" [Announcement of change of business system at Onoya Station] (PDF). 市報ゆふ. 市報ゆふ (Yufu City News). January 2016. p. 9. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
7. "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.

External links

Media related to Onoya Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Onoya (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)