Kokubu Station (国分駅, Kokubu-eki) is a railway station in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.[1][2]
Kokubu Station 国分駅 | |
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![]() Kokubu Station in 2010 | |
General information | |
Location | Kokubuchūō, Kirishima, Kagoshima (鹿児島県霧島市国分中央) Japan |
Coordinates | 31.7436°N 130.7634°E / 31.7436; 130.7634 |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line |
Distance | 432.1 km from Kokura |
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
Tracks | 3 + 2 sidings |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Parking | Available |
Bicycle facilities | Bike shed |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced) |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 24 November 1929 (1929-11-24) |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Kokubu Station Location within Japan |
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 432.1 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]
The station consists of a side and an island platform serving three tracks at grade. Two sidings branch off track 3 with one ending in a vehicle shed. The station building, located on the east side of the tracks, is a modern concrete structure that houses a waiting area, an automatic ticket vending machine and staffed ticket window. Bike sheds and parking are available at the station forecourt. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. Separate from this, another bridge, served by elevators and known as the Kokubu Station East-West Free Passage allows pedestrians to access the streets on both sides of the tracks. Parking is also available at the station forecourt on the west side of tracks.[3][2][4]
Management of the passenger facilities at 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 Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]
1・2 | ■Nippō Main Line | For Kajiki and Chōsa and Kagoshima-Chūō |
■Nippō Main Line | for Kirishima-Jingū and Miyakonojō and Miyazaki | |
■Limited express Kirishima | for Kajiki and Kagoshima and Kagoshima-Chūō | |
■Limited express Kirishima | for Kirishima-Jingū and Miyakonojō and Miyazaki | |
3 | ■Nippō Main Line | for Kajiki and Chōsa and Kagoshima-Chūō |
■Limited express Kirishima | for Kajiki and Kagoshima and Kagoshima-Chūō | |
← | Service | → | ||
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Nippō Main Line | ||||
Kirishima-Jingū | Local | Hayato |
The station was opened on 24 November 1929 by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) as the eastern terminus of the then Kokuto-West Line (国都西線) which it had laid from Nishi-Kokubu (now Hayato). It became a through-station on 10 July 1930 when the track was extended further east to Kirishima-Jingū. Subsequently. the Kokuto-West Line was expanded to the east and north, linking up with the Kokuto-East Line at Ōsumi-Ōkawara and other networks so that by the end of 1932, through-traffic had been established between Kokura and Kagoshima. On 6 December 1932, the entire stretch of track from Kokura through Kokubu to Kagoshima was redesignated as the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[7][8][9]
Stations of the Nippō Main Line | |
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