Takarabe Station (財部駅, Takarabe-eki) is a railway station in Soo, Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.[1][2]
Takarabe Station 財部駅 | |
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Takarabe Station in 2013 | |
General information | |
Location | 1822 Takarabechō-Kitamata, Soo, Kagoshima (鹿児島県曽於市財部町北俣1822) Japan |
Coordinates | 31°43′43″N 130°59′30″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line |
Distance | 399.4 km from Kokura |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 2 + 1 siding |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Parking | Available |
Bicycle facilities | Bike shed |
Disabled access | No - platforms linked by footbridge |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 28 April 1929 (1929-04-28) |
Rebuilt | 2008 |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Takarabe Station Location within Japan |
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 399.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks with a siding. The station building was rebuilt in 2008 and is a two-storey Japanese style building with a double tiled roof. It houses a waiting area, a restaurant and a community interaction centre but the ticket window is not staffed. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3][4][5]
1 | ■Nippō Main Line | for Miyakonojō and Miyazaki |
2 | ■Nippō Main Line | for Hayato and Kagoshima-Chūō |
← | Service | → | ||
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Nippō Main Line | ||||
Isoichi | Local | Kitamata |
Takarabe was opened on 28 April 1929 by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) as the southern terminus of the then Kokutō East Line (国都東線) from Nishi-Miyakonojō. It became a through-station on 1 November 1931 when the track was extended further south to Ōsumi-Ōkawara. By 1932, the track had been linked up with other networks north and south, and through traffic had been established from Kokura, through this station to Kagoshima. The station and the Kokutō East Line were then absorbed and were designated as part of the Nippō Main Line on 6 December 1932. 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.[6][7][8]
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