Beppu Daigaku Station (別府大学駅, Beppu-Daigaku-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by the Kyūshū Railway Company in Beppu, Ōita, Japan.[1][2]
Beppu Daigaku Station 別府大学駅 | |
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![]() Beppu Daigaku Station in May 2022 | |
General information | |
Location | Beppu, Ōita Japan |
Coordinates | 33°18′47″N 131°29′58″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line |
Distance | 117.0 km from Kokura |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 2 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 9 March 1987 (1987-03-09) |
Passengers | |
FY2016 | 1,828 daily |
Rank | 101st (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Beppu Daigaku Station Location within Japan |
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 117.0 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. There is no standalone station building. The ticket window is located on the ground floor of the Beppu City International Exchange Centre (別府市国際交流会館), a hostel with rooms to let. The platforms are linked by a footbridge.[2][3][4]
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.[5][6]
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Nippō Main Line | ||||
Kamegawa | Local | Beppu |
Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 9 March 1987 as an additional station on the existing track of the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[7]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,828 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 101st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]
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