Minami-Arao Station
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JR KyushuMinami-Arao Station 南荒尾駅  | |||||||||||
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 Minami Station in 2007 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Masunaga, Arao-shi, Kumamoto-ken 864-0032 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°57′57″N 130°25′58″E / 32.9658°N 130.4328°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Kagoshima Main Line, | ||||||||||
| Distance | 154.8 km from Mojikō | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No - platforms linked by footbridge | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 May 1950 | ||||||||||
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| FY2020 | 294 daily | ||||||||||
| Rank | 283th (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||||||||
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Minami-Arao Station (南荒尾駅, Minami-Arao-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]
The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 154.8 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.[3] Both local and rapid services on the line stop at the station.
Layout
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The station building is a simple steel and glass structure which is unstaffed and serves only to house a waiting room, an automatic ticket vending machine and a Sugoca card reader. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3][4]
Platforms
| 1 | ■ ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Tamana and Kumamoto |
| 2 | ■ JB Kagoshima Main Line | for Ōmuta, Kurume and Tosu |
History
Japanese National Railways (JGR) opened the station on 1 May 1950 as an additional station on the existing track of the Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[5]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 284 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 283rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]
