Nodagou Station

Railway station in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
32°03′48″N 130°16′03″E / 32.06323°N 130.2674°E / 32.06323; 130.2674[1]Operated byHisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.Line(s)■ Hisatsu Orange Railway LineDistance
  • 75.3 km from Yatsushiro
  • 3.2 km from Takaono[2]
Platforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationStation codeOR19WebsiteOfficial website (in Japanese)HistoryOpened25 March 1923 (1923-03-25)Original companyJapanese Government RailwaysPassengersFY2019377
Location
Nodagou Station is located in Kagoshima Prefecture
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Location within Kagoshima Prefecture
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Nodagou Station is located in Japan
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Nodagou Station (野田郷駅, Nodagō-eki)[note 1] 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]

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.[5] It is located 75.3 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms and two tracks, and is a simple consignment station with a ticket window and a waiting room in a reinforced concrete station building of the former JNR standard type built in 1959. The station is currently unattended.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Takaono – Origuchi
Rapid Express Ocean Liner Satsuma: Does not stop at this station

History

Nodagou Station was opened on 25 March 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 377 people. [6]

Surrounding area

  • Izumi City Hall Noda Branch (formerly Noda Town Hall)
  • Kagoshima Prefectural Noda Girls' High School
  • Izumi City Noda Junior High School
  • Izumi City Noda Elementary School

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b From 1 October 2019, the official Hisatsu Orange Railway site, platform signage, and station guides list the romanised spelling as Nodagō, though the former romanization of Nodagou remains common usage.

References

  1. ^ "Nodagō-eki, via GeoNames". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  2. ^ "野田郷駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  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.
  4. ^ "野田郷駅" [Nodagou Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. ^ "肥後高田駅". 駅探 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  6. ^ National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.
  • Media related to Nodago Station at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official Hisatsu Orange Railway site (in Japanese)
  • Yahoo! Japan Transit station guide