Oitadaigaku-mae Station (大分大学前駅, Ōitadaigaku-mae eki) is a passenger railway station located in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 138.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is a modern wooden structure equipped with a staffed ticket window, an automatic vending machine and a SUGOCA card reader. After the ticket gate, a long sheltered ramp leads down to the platform, which is located at a lower level.[2][3]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

History

JR Kyushu (JNR) opened the station on 23 March 2002 as an additional station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line.[3]

In February 2018, JR Kyushu announced that the station would become unstaffed in the autumn of 2018 after completing barrier-free improvements and introducing the "Smart Support" remote station management scheme.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,604 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 113th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "大分大学前" [Ōita-Daigaku-mae]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b c 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6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 41, 79. ISBN 9784062951654.
  4. ^ "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  5. ^ "大分大学前駅" [Ōita-Daigaku-mae Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  6. ^ "敷戸と大分大学前駅　無人化今秋にも" [Shikido and Ōita-Daigaku-mae to become unstaffed this autumn]. Ōita Godo Shimbun. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  7. ^ "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

Media related to Oitadaigaku-mae Station at Wikimedia Commons