Yunoura Station

Yunoura Station 湯浦駅
Small station building in 2010
General information
Location	Miyazaki, Ashikita-machi, Ashikita-gun, Kumamoto-ken 869-5562 Japan
Coordinates	32.27135°N 130.50454°E / 32.27135; 130.50454[1]
Operated by	Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Hisatsu Orange Railway
Distance	33.7 km from Yatsushiro 3.9 km from Sashiki[2]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Website	Official (in Japanese)
History
Opened	12 September 1926 (1926-09-12)
Original company	Japanese Government Railways
Passengers
FY2019	156
Location Yunoura Station Location within Kumamoto Prefecture Show map of Kumamoto Prefecture Yunoura Station Yunoura Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Yunoura Station (湯浦駅, Yunoura-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Agukita, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway[3][4]

Lines

The station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai. It is located 33.7 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.[5]

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms at street level, connected by a footbridgeand two tracks. There is no station building, but a simple concrete waiting room. It is unattended.[5][3]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway	for Minamata and Izumi
2	■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway	for Yatsushiro and Shin-Yatsushiro

Gallery

• 
  Station sign
• 
  View of station platforms
• 
  Station platforms and main building

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Sashiki		–	Tsunagi
Rapid Express Super Orange: Does not stop at this station

History

Yunoura Station was opened on 12 September 1926 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.

Passenger statistics

The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 156 passengers.[6]

Surrounding area

• Yunoura onsen
• Ashikita Town Office Yuura Branch
• Ashikita Town Yuura Junior High School
• Ashikita Town Yuura Elementary School

`Ashikita Town Tomihiro Hoshino Art Museum

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "Yunoura Eki, via GeoNames". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
2. "湯浦駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
3. "湯浦駅" [Yunoura Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
4. "湯浦駅 各駅案内". 肥薩おれんじ鉄道 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-14.
5. 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5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
6. National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.

External links

• Media related to Yunoura Station at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Hisatsu Orange Railway site (in Japanese)
• Yahoo! Japan Transit station guide