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Teruoka Station (光岡駅, Teruoka-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Hita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 45.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding. The station building is a modern structure but built in traditional Japanese style with a tiled roof. It is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing.[2][3][4]


Platforms

1, 2 ■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line for Kurume
2 ■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line for Hita
  • The old station building. This picture was taken in 2005
    The old station building. This picture was taken in 2005

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Kyudai Main Line on 24 December 1928 with a track between Kurume and Chikugo-Yoshii and had extended the line east to Yoake by 12 March 1932. In a further phase of expansion, the track was extended east with Hita opening as the eastern terminus on 3 March 1934. Teruoka opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[5][6]

In July 2017, torrential rainfall led to the railway bridge across the Kagetsugawa River about 1 km east of the station being swept away, cutting the line. Through service between Teruoka and the next station at Hita was suspended.[7] JR Kyushu said it intended to resume service by the summer of 2018[8] On 14 July 2018 section of the Kyudai Main Line between Mitsuoka Station and Hita Station reopened. However, the Hitahikosan Line was replaced in 2023 by a BRT service.

  • The collapsed bridge over the Kagetsugawa River.
    The collapsed bridge over the Kagetsugawa River.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 41,755 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 114 passengers.[9]

Surrounding area

  • Hita City Teruoka Elementary School

See also

References

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "光岡" [Teruoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b 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4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 38, 73. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. ^ "光岡" [Teruoka]. Retrieved 8 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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. 739. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  7. ^ "Death toll from Kyushu rains hits 22 as searches, evacuations continue". Mainichi Daily News. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  8. ^ "平成29年7月九州北部豪雨による久大本線・日田彦山線の状況について" [The situation of the Kyudai and Hitahikosan Lines after the torrential rain in Northern Kyushu in July 2017] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See also for pictures of the collapsed bridge.
  9. ^ "平成28年版 大分県統計年鑑 11 運輸および通信" [Oita Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition Section 11 Transportation and Communications]. Oita Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).

External links

Media related to Teruoka Station at Wikimedia Commons

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