Minamikata Station (南方駅, Minamikata-eki) is a train station in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.[1][2]
Minamikata Station 南方駅 | |
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Minamikata Station in 2010 | |
General information | |
Location | Japan |
Coordinates | 31°51′34″N 131°26′04″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Nichinan Line |
Distance | 4.2 km from Minami-Miyazaki |
Platforms | 1 side platform |
Tracks | 1 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 31 October 1913 (1913-10-31) |
Passengers | |
FY2016 | 89 daily |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Minamikata Station Location within Japan |
Tayoshi Station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 4.2 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.[3]
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade set in a largely residential area. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers.[2][3]
← | Service | → | ||
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Nichinan Line | ||||
Tayoshi | Local | Kibana |
The private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 31 October 1913 as an intermediate station on a line it had laid between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (now closed). The station 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 on the same route and reopened Minamikata as an intermediate station on 8 May 1963. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[4][5]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 89 passengers (boarding only) per day.[6]
Stations of the Nichinan Line | |
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