Komenotsu Station

Komenotsu Station

  • 米ノ津駅
  • こめのつ
Small station building with vending machine and phone booth, in 2011
Komenotsu Station in 2011
General information
Location40 Komenotsumachi, Izumi-shi, Kagoshima-ken 899-0121
Japan
Coordinates32°07′20″N 130°20′31″E / 32.12215°N 130.34198°E / 32.12215; 130.34198[1]
Operated byHisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s) Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Distance
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
WebsiteOfficial website (in Japanese)
History
Opened15 October 1923 (1923-10-15)
Original companyJapanese Government Railways
Passengers
FY2019205
Location
Komenotsu Station is located in Kagoshima Prefecture
Komenotsu Station
Komenotsu Station
Location within Kagoshima Prefecture
Komenotsu Station is located in Japan
Komenotsu Station
Komenotsu Station
Komenotsu Station (Japan)
Map

Komenotsu Station (米ノ津駅, Komenotsu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the It is operated by third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway.[3][4]

Station layout

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The station consists of two staggered side platforms at street level. During the JNR era, the station consisted of a wooden station building, and there was a freight siding and platform on the east side, as well as several small freight handling sidings on the west side, where freight cars parked at the neighboring Izumi Station were shunted and freight was loaded and unloaded at the nearby Yonotsu Port. However, when freight handling at Izumi Station was abolished in 1984, freight handling at this station was also abolished, and all but a few of the sidings were removed and the station building was demolished in 1985 and the current prefabricated station building was completed the same year.

Platforms

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1   Hisatsu Orange Railway for Minamata, and Yatsushiro
2  Hisatsu Orange Railway for Izumi, Akune and Sendai

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Fukuro Izumi
Rapid Express Super Orange: Does not stop at this station

History

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Komenotsu Station was opened on 15 October 1923 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Sendai Line, which was incorporated into the Kagoshima Main Line on 17 October 1927. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.

Passenger statistics

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The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 205 people. [5]

Surrounding area

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  • Yonetsu Port
  • Izumi City Yonetsu East Elementary School

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Komenotsu-eki, via GeoNames". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  2. ^ "米ノ津駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  3. ^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. ^ "米ノ津駅" [Komenotsu Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. ^ National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.
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