Kami Sendai Station

Railway station in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
31°50′7.33″N 130°17′32.66″E / 31.8353694°N 130.2924056°E / 31.8353694; 130.2924056Operated byHisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.Line(s)■ Hisatsu Orange Railway LineDistance
  • 113.7 km from Yatsushiro
  • 6.4 km from Kusamichi[1]
Platforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationStation codeOR27WebsiteOfficial website (in Japanese)HistoryOpened1 July 1922 (1922-07-01)Original companyJapanese Government RailwaysPassengersFY2019219
Location
Kami Sendai Station is located in Kagoshima Prefecture
Kami Sendai Station
Kami Sendai Station
Location within Kagoshima Prefecture
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Kami Sendai Station is located in Japan
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Kami Sendai Station (上川内駅, Kami Sendai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway.[2][3]

Lines

The station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai.[4] It is located 113.7 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.[2]

Station layout

The station is an above-ground station with two side platforms and two tracks. It has a reinforced concrete station building built in 1952, and when it was a staffed station, it had a stationmaster's office, a railway parcel window, and a ticket counter, but is now unattended.

Platforms

1 ■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway for Sendai
2 ■ ■Hisatsu Orange Railway for Izumi, Minamata, and Yatsushiro
  • Station sign
    Station sign
  • View of platforms and shelter
    View of platforms and shelter

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Kusamichi – Sendai
Rapid Express Super Orange: Does not stop at this station

History

Kami Sendai Station was opened on 1 July 1922 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Sendai Line, which was incorporated into the Kagoshima Main Line on 17 October 1927. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.

Passenger statistics

The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 219 people. [5]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ "上川内駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  2. ^ 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5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
  3. ^ "上川内駅" [Kami Sendai Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. ^ "肥後高田駅". 駅探 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  5. ^ National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.
  • Media related to Kami-Sendai Station at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official Hisatsu Orange Railway site (in Japanese)
  • Yahoo! Japan Transit station guide