Yanagigaura Station (柳ヶ浦駅, Yanagigaura-eki) is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by Kyūshū Railway Company in Usa, Ōita, Japan.
Yanagigaura Station 柳ヶ浦駅 | |
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![]() Yanagigaura Station in April 2018 | |
General information | |
Location | Usa, Ōita Japan |
Coordinates | 33°33′55″N 131°21′45″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line |
Distance | 69.1 km from Kokura |
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
Tracks | 3 + multiple sidings |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 22 April 1911 (1911-04-22) |
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Passengers | |
FY2016 | 688 daily |
Rank | 211st (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Yanagigaura Station Location within Japan |
The private Hōshū Railway opened the station on 25 September 1897 with the name Nagasu (長洲) as the southern terminus of a line it had laid from Yukuhashi. On 1 March 1898, the station name was changed to Usa (宇佐). The Hōshū Railway was acquired by the Kyushu Railway on 3 September 1901 and the Kyushu Railway was itself nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) designated the station as part of the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909. Three days later, on 15 October 1909, the station was renamed Yanagigaura. JGR extended the track southwards from here to the present Usa on 21 December 1909. On 15 December 1923, the station became part of 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.[1][2]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 688 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 211th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[3]
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