Orio Station (折尾駅, Orio-eki) is a railway station in Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan, operated by the JR Kyushu.[1]

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Main station building, east side, September 2012
General information
Location	1-1 Horikawa-machi, Yahatanishi, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka （北九州市八幡西区堀川町1-1） Japan
Coordinates	33°51′49″N 130°42′47″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■Kagoshima Main Line ■Chikuhō Main Line
Distance	30.1 km from Mojikō (Kagoshima Main Line) 10.8 km from Wakamatsu (Chikuhō Main Line)
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Kagoshima Main Line) At grade (Chikuhō Main Line)
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	28 February 1891 (1891-02-28)
Passengers
FY2016	16,228 daily
Rank	5th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
JA  19  JC  26  JE  01  Orio Station Location within Japan

Lines

Orio Station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and Chikuho Main Line.

Station layout

The two lines serving the station intersect at Orio, and the lines are connected by a spur track. The station therefore consists of two separated blocks: the main building with bi-level platforms at the crossing point, and detached platforms on the spur.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[2]

• 
  West entrance, June 2011
• 
  Takami entrance, October 2009

Platforms

Main building lower level

Main building upper level

Limited express trains, including the Sonic, stop here.

Spur track (Takami entrance)

• 
  Lower-level platforms 1 and 2, October 2011
• 
  Upper-level platforms 3 to 5, October 2011
• 
  Platforms 6 and 7, October 2011

Adjacent stations

History

The privately run Kyushu Railway had begun laying down its network on Kyushu in 1889 and by the end of 1890 had a stretch of track from Ongagawa southwards to Kurume. The track was extended northwards from Ongagawa to Kurosaki by 28 February 1891, with Orio being opened on the same day as one of the intermediate stations. On 30 August 1891, Orio also became an intermediate station for the Chikuho Kogyo Railway (later renamed the Chikuho Railway) when it laid a track from Wakamatsu to Nōgata. The Chikuho Railway merged with the Kyushu Railway on 1 October 1897. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Hitoyoshi Main Line and then on 21 November 1909, part of the Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[3][4]

The station building was rebuilt in 1916, but use of this building was discontinued from 6 October 2012 in preparation for rebuilding work, with operations shifted to a temporary structure.[5] The station building was scheduled to be demolished during 2012, with the new structure completed in fiscal 2016.[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by 16,228 passengers daily, and it ranked 5th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]

Surrounding area

• Orio Police Station
• National Route 3
• National Route 199

Educational facilities

• Kyushu Kyoritsu University
• Kyushu Women's University
• University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan
• Kyushu Women's Junior College
• Orio Aishin Junior College
• Fukuoka Prefectural Tochiku High School
• Fukuoka Prefectural Orio High School
• Jiyugaoka High School

Buses

Airport buses leave from a bus stop located at the west exit of the main building to the Kitakyushu Airport. Also, there is a Kitakyushu municipal bus terminal for local buses connecting vicinities including Wakamatsu and Ashiya in front of the east exit of main building.

See also

• Orio (Kitakyushu)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orio Station.

• Orio Station information (JR Kyushu) (in Japanese)