Teruoka Station (光岡駅, Teruoka-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Hita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]
Teruoka Station 光岡駅  | |||||||||||
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 Teruoka Station in 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Tomoda, Hita-shi, Ōita-ken 877-0078 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°19′39″N 130°55′12″E / 33.32763611°N 130.9199722°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Kyūdai Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 45.2 km from Kurume | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 3 March 1934 | ||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 114 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 45.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3]
Layout
editThe station consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding. The station building is a modern structure but built in traditional Japanese style with a tiled roof. It is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing.[2][3][4]
Platforms
edit| 1, 2 | ■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line | for Kurume |
| 2 | ■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line | for Hita |
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The old station building. This picture was taken in 2005
History
editJapanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Kyudai Main Line on 24 December 1928 with a track between Kurume and Chikugo-Yoshii and had extended the line east to Yoake by 12 March 1932. In a further phase of expansion, the track was extended east with Hita opening as the eastern terminus on 3 March 1934. Teruoka opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[5][6]
In July 2017, torrential rainfall led to the railway bridge across the Kagetsugawa River about 1 km east of the station being swept away, cutting the line. Through service between Teruoka and the next station at Hita was suspended.[7] JR Kyushu said it intended to resume service by the summer of 2018[8] On 14 July 2018 section of the Kyudai Main Line between Mitsuoka Station and Hita Station reopened. However, the Hitahikosan Line was replaced in 2023 by a BRT service.
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The collapsed bridge over the Kagetsugawa River.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2015, there were a total of 41,755 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 114 passengers.[9]
Surrounding area
edit- Hita City Teruoka Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "光岡" [Teruoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 April 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. 38, 73. ISBN 9784062951630.
- ^ "光岡" [Teruoka]. Retrieved 8 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
- ^ 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. p. 227. 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. 739. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "Death toll from Kyushu rains hits 22 as searches, evacuations continue". Mainichi Daily News. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "平成29年7月九州北部豪雨による久大本線・日田彦山線の状況について" [The situation of the Kyudai and Hitahikosan Lines after the torrential rain in Northern Kyushu in July 2017] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See also for pictures of the collapsed bridge.
- ^ "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).
External links
edit Media related to Teruoka Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Teruoka (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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