Akamizu Station (赤水駅, Akamizu-eki) is a railway station on the Hohi Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Aso, Kumamoto, Japan.[1][2]

Akamizu Station 赤水駅
Akamizu Station in 2006, before it had been damaged by earthquake
General information
Location	Japan
Coordinates	32°54′48″N 130°59′35″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Hōhi Main Line
Distance	40.2 km from Kumamoto
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed, service suspended
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 January 1918 (1918-01-25)
Location
Akamizu Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 40.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade with a siding. The platform is accessed by a level crossing. The station building was a wooden structure of traditional Japanese design with a red tiled roof and housed a ticket window and a waiting room. This was damaged by earthquake in 2016 and has since been demolished.[2][3]

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  Akamizu one 1 year after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. The station building has been demolished and only a patch of gravel remains.

Adjacent stations

History

On 21 June 1914, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the Miyaji Light Rail Line (宮地軽便線) (later the Miyagi Line) from Kumamoto eastwards to Higo-Ōzu. The line was extended eastward in phases and Miyaji was established as the eastern terminal on 25 January 1918. On the same day, Akamizu was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. On 2 December 1928, Miyaji was linked up with Tamarai, the western terminus of the Inukai Line (犬飼線), which had been extended westwards in phases from Ōita since 1914. Through-traffic was established between Kumamoto and Ōita. The two lines were merged and the entire stretch redesignated as the Hōhi Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, Akamizu station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[4][5]

The track from Higo-Ōzu to Aso was heavily damaged in the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes and service between the stations, including to Akamizu has been suspended. JR Kyushu has commenced repair work, starting first with the sector from Higo-Ōzu to Tateno but has not announced a targeted completion date. The station building at Akamizu was heavily damaged. JR Kyushu declared that the structure was old and unsafe and had it demolished in November 2016.[6][7]

Environs

• Akamizu Post Office
• Aso Akamizu Onsen
• Aso Farm Land

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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External links

• Akamizu (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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