Minamikata Station (Miyazaki)
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JR KyushuMinamikata Station 南方駅  | |||||||||||
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 Minamikata Station in 2010 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Hongominamikata, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki-ken 880-0921 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°51′34″N 131°26′04″E / 31.85944°N 131.43444°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Nichinan Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 4.2 km from Minami-Miyazaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 31 October 1913 | ||||||||||
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| FY2016 | 89 daily | ||||||||||
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Minamikata Station (南方駅, Minamikata-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.[1][2]
Minamikata Station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 4.2 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.[3]
Layout
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade set in a largely residential area. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers.[2][3]
History
The private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 31 October 1913 as an intermediate station on a line it had laid between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (now closed). The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from Kitagō towards Minami-Miyazaki on the same route and reopened Minamikata as an intermediate station on 8 May 1963. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[4][5]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 89 passengers (boarding only) per day.[6]
Surrounding area
- Miyazaki City Kunitomi Elementary School
- Miyazaki City Hongo Elementary School
- Miyazaki City Hongo Junior High School
