Komenotsu Station

Railway station in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

32°07′20″N 130°20′31″E / 32.12215°N 130.34198°E / 32.12215; 130.34198^[1]Operated byHisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.Line(s)■ Hisatsu Orange Railway LineDistance

61.3 km from Yatsushiro
5.9 km from Fukuro^[2]

Platforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationWebsiteOfficial website (in Japanese)HistoryOpened15 October 1923 (1923-10-15)Original companyJapanese Government RailwaysPassengersFY2019205

Location
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Komenotsu Station (米ノ津駅, Komenotsu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the It is operated by third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway.^[3]^[4]

Station layout

The station consists of two staggered side platforms at street level. During the JNR era, the station was manned with a wooden station building, and there was a freight siding and platform on the east side of the station, as well as several small freight handling sidings on the west side, where freight cars parked at the neighboring Izumi Station were shunted and freight was loaded and unloaded at the nearby Yonotsu Port.However, when freight handling at Izumi Station was abolished in 1984, freight handling at this station was also abolished. and all but a few of the sidings were removed and the station building was demolished in 1985 and the current prefabricated station building was completed the same year.

Platforms

1	■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway	for Minamata, and Yatsushiro
2	■ ■Hisatsu Orange Railway	for Izumi, Akune and Sendai

Station sign
Platform shelter
View of platform with approaching 100 series train
100 series train waiting at platform

Adjacent stations

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

History

Komenotsu Station was opened on 15 October 1923 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 205 people. ^[5]

Surrounding area

Yonetsu Port
Izumi City Yonetsu East Elementary School

References

^ "Komenotsu-eki, via GeoNames". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
^ "米ノ津駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
^ 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.
^ "米ノ津駅" [Komenotsu Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.