Hita Station
Hita Station 日田駅 | |||||
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 Station building, 2016 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Motomachi, Hita, Ōita Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 33°19′01″N 130°56′19″E / 33.31703°N 130.93864°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Kyūdai Main Line Trains via ■ Hitahikosan Line | ||||
| Distance | 47.6 km from Kurume | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 3 March 1934 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2018 | 640 daily | ||||
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Hita Station (日田駅, Hita-eki) is a railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Hita, Ōita, Japan. This station is practically a terminal station of Hitahikosan Line.
History
In 1915, the Daito Railway Co. opened the 22 km Oita - Onoya section. The company was nationalised in 1922, and westerly extensions were undertaken in stages from 1923 until Amagase was reached in 1933. The section between Kurume and Chikugoyoshi was opened in 1928, and easterly extensions to Amagase opened between 1931 and 1934. 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]
- March 3 1934- Kyūdai Line (Kitayamada Station to Hita Station) opened. The station opened along with the line.[3][4]
- November 15 1934 - Kyūdai Line extended from this station to Amagase station.[3][4]
- June 27 1937 - Kyūdai Line renamed as Kyūdai Main Line.
- 1972 -Reconstruction of station building. [5]。
- 1984 - reconstruction of surround area and the square in front of the station.[6][7]
- 1987
- March 28 2015- station building renovated. [5]
- 2017
- July 5 - The bridge over the Oita River between Chikugo Oisha and Teruoka was demolished by heavy rain. Sections between this station and Ukiha Statoin on Kyūdai Main Line and between this station and Soeda Station on Hitahikosan Line were closed.
- July 18 2017 - service bewtween Ukiha and Mitsuoka Stations resumed. The service between Mitsuoka Station and Hita Station was connected by shuttle bus.
- July 14 2018 - section between Mitsuoka Station and Hita Station reopened.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 783 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 193rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[11]
See also
References
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 227. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 740. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ a b 渡辺澄夫 『大分の歴史(10) 地誌・民俗・年表』 大分合同新聞社、1977年11月15日。
- ^ a b 『大分県史 近代編 3』 大分県、1987年。
- ^ a b “日田駅装い新たに スギの香り心地よく”. 大分合同新聞 (大分合同新聞社). (2015年3月29日)
- ^ "水郷の玄関口ゆったり 日田駅前広場の改修、6月終了". 大分合同新聞. 12 May 2019.
- ^ "JR日田駅前広場整備事業" (PDF). 日田市 土木建築部 都市整備課. 2016-11. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ 日本経済新聞1987年2月3日西部朝刊 社会面 17ページ
- ^ 『交通年鑑 昭和63年版』 交通協力会、1988年3月。
- ^ 今村都南雄 『民営化の效果と現実NTTとJR』 中央法規出版、1997年8月。ISBN 978-4805840863
- ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
External links
- Hita (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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