Naka-Yamaga Station

Railway station in Kitsuki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

■ Nippō Main LineDistance90.4 km from KokuraPlatforms1 side + 1 island platformTracks3ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeParkingAvailable at forecourtAccessibleNo - island platform accessed by footbridgeOther informationStatusKan'i itaku stationWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened15 December 1910 (1910-12-15)PassengersFY2015231 daily Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Kitsuki towards Kagoshima		Nippō Main Line		Tateishi towards Kokura

Location
Naka-Yamaga Station Location within Oita Prefecture Show map of Oita Prefecture Naka-Yamaga Station Naka-Yamaga Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Naka-Yamaga Station (中山香駅, Naka-Yamaga-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kitsuki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 90.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The station building is a modern concrete block structure. It houses a staffed ticket window, a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine. There is an accessibility ramp to the station building from the forecourt but a footbridge is needed to access the island platform.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The station is not staffed by JR Kyushu but a kan'i itaku agent is on site and manages the ticket window, which is equipped with a POS machine.^[5]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Nakatsu and Kokura
2, 3	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Beppu and Ōita

A view of the platforms and tracks.
A high-angle view from the footbridge, looking west.

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 Naka-Yamaga opening as the new southern terminus on 15 December 1910. It became a through-station on 22 March 1911 when the track was extended further south to Hiji. 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.^[6]^[7]

Surrounding area

Kitsuki City Hall Yamaka Office Building (former Yamaka Town Hall)
Kitsuki City Yamaka Elementary School
Kitsuki City Yamaka Junior High School
Oita Prefectural Yamaka Agricultural High School

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 84,331 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 231 passengers.^[8]

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "中山香" [Naka-Yamaga]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 1 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. 46, 80. ISBN 9784062951630.
^ "中山香" [Naka-Yamaga]. Retrieved 1 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
^ "中山香駅" [Naka-Yamaga Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 1 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. 752. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "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).