Uchiumi Station

Uchiumi Station 内海駅
Uchiumi Station in 2008
General information
Location	Uchiumi, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki-ken 889-2301 Japan
Coordinates	31°45′31″N 131°28′03″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nichinan Line
Distance	17.5 km from Minami-Miyazaki
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	8 May 1963 (1963-05-08)
Passengers
FY2016	19 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Oryūzako towards Minami-Miyazaki Nichinan Line Kouchiumi towards Shibushi
Location Uchiumi Station Location within Miyazaki Prefecture Show map of Miyazaki Prefecture Uchiumi Station Uchiumi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Uchiumi Station (内海駅, Uchiumi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.[1][2] The station is distinct and at a different location from another station nearby of the same name which was opened in 1913 and closed in 1962.[3]

Lines

The station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 17.5 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.[4]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. There is no station building but a shed built near the station entrance serves as a waiting room. An automatic ticket vending machine has not been installed.[2][4]

History

The private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened a line on 31 October 1913 between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (a station of the same name but at a different location from this present one). The line and its stations closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from Kitagō towards Minami-Miyazaki using largely the same route. The linkup, which included the reopening of some previously closed Miyazaki Railway stations, was completed on 8 May 1963, whereupon the route was renamed the Nichinan Line. Uchiumi was also opened on the same day. It used the name of a previously closed station nearby, but was a new station at a different location. Freight services were discontinued in 1964 and baggage handling in 1967. In 1978 the platform was extended by 20 meters, giving it an effective length of 90 meters. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[3][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 19 passengers (boarding only) per day.[6]

Surrounding area

• Miyazaki City Uchiumi Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "内海" [Uchiumi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
3. Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号 九州 沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 21, 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
4. 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7巻 宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 54, 95. ISBN 9784062951661.
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. 774. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
6. "宮崎県統計年鑑 鉄道輸送実績（１日平均）" [Miyazaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook Railway Transportation Record (daily average)]. Miyazaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 6 May 2018. See the table for 平成28年度 [fiscal 2016].

External links

Media related to Uchiumi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Uchiumi (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)