Tsukumi Station

Railway station in Tsukumi, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

■ Nippō Main LineDistance178.9 km from KokuraPlatforms1 island platformTracks2 + 1 passing loop and 1 sidingConstructionStructure typeElevatedOther informationStatusStaffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened25 October 1916 (1916-10-25)PassengersFY2016878 dailyRank180th (among JR Kyushu stations) Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Hishiro towards Kagoshima		Nippō Main Line		Usuki towards Kokura

Location
Tsukumi Station Location within Oita Prefecture Show map of Oita Prefecture Tsukumi Station Tsukumi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Tsukumi Station (津久見駅, Tsukumi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 178.9 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station has an island platform serving two tracks at grade. A passing loop and a siding branch off track 2. The station building is a modern concrete hashigami structure where the passenger facilities such as the station concourse, a staffed ticket window and waiting area are located on level 2 on a bridge which spans the tracks. The bridge also leads to a second entrance on the south side of the tracks.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Management of the passenger facilities at 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 Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[5]^[6]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Saiki and Nobeoka
2	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Ōita and Kokura

History

The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from Kokura to Yanagigaura. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases, with Saiki opening as the new southern terminus on 25 October 1916. On the same day, Tsukumi was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was renamed the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.^[7]^[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 878 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 180th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[9]

Surrounding area

Tsukumi City Hall
Japan National Route 217
Oita Prefectural Tsukumi High School

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "津久見" [Tsukumi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ ^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. 46, 82. ISBN 9784062951654.
^ "津久見" [Tsukumi]. Retrieved 4 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
^ "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "津久見駅" [Tsukumi Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 4 May 2018. See images of tickets sold.
^ 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. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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. 755. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "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.