Shikido Station

Shikido Station 敷戸駅
Shikido Station in 2016
General information
Location	Oshino, Ōita-shi, Ōita-ken, 870-1121 Japan
Coordinates	33°11′17″N 131°36′54″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Hōhi Main Line
Distance	140.2 km from Kumamoto
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	22 February 1987 (1987-02-22)
Passengers
FY2016	1,166 daily
Rank	146th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Ōita-Daigaku-mae towards Kumamoto Hōhi Main Line Takio towards Ōita
Location Shikido Station Location within Oita Prefecture Show map of Oita Prefecture Shikido Station Shikido Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shikido Station (敷戸駅, Shikido-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 140.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building, but a shelter is provided on the platform together with a staffed ticket booth, an automatic ticket vending machine, a SUGOCA card charging station and a SUGOCA card reader.[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 booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

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  A view of the station platform and track.

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 22 February 1987 as an additional station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[6]

In February 2018, JR Kyushu announced that the station would become unstaffed in the autumn of 2018 after completing barrier-free improvements and introducing the "Smart Support" remote station management scheme.[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,166 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 146th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 10
• Seiwadai housing complex
• Hagawaradai housing complex
• Shikitodai housing complex
• Miyazakidai housing complex

In popular culture

The American YouTuber based in Japan, Kevin O'Donnell, referenced Shikido Station in his skit "Trains in Tokyo vs. Trains everywhere else" as a 無人駅 or staff-less station. [9]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "敷戸" [Shikido]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 14 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. 41, 80. ISBN 9784062951654.
4. "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
5. "敷戸駅" [Shikido Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
6. 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. 747. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
7. "敷戸と大分大学前駅 無人化今秋にも" [Shikido and Ōita-Daigaku-mae to become unstaffed this autumn]. Ōita Godo Shimbun. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
8. "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.
9. "Trains in Tokyo vs. Trains everywhere else / 東京の電車 vs. 田舎の電車". YouTube. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

External links

Media related to Shikido Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Shikado (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)