Izumi Station (Kagoshima)

Izumi Station (出水駅, Izumi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is jointly operated by JR Kyushu and the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway.^[1][2]

Izumi Station 出水駅
East entrance of the Izumi Station
General information
Location	715-6 Kamisababuchi, Izumi-shi, Kagoshimaken
Operated by	JR Kyushu Hisatsu Orange Railway
Line(s)	Kyūshū Shinkansen ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Platforms	3 side + 1 island platforms
Other information
Station code	OR16
History
Opened	15 October 1923 (1923-10-15)
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Sendai towards Kagoshima-Chūō Kyūshū Shinkansen Sakura Tsubame Shin-Minamata towards Hakata
Location Izumi Station Location within Kumamoto Prefecture Show map of Kumamoto Prefecture Izumi Station Izumi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen and is 210.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hakata and 832.4 kilometers from Shin-Osaka. The station is also served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai. It is located 65.6 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.^[1]

Layout

The JR Kyushu portion of the station consists of two elevated opposed tracks, with the station facilities underneath. There are no passing tracks, so platform safety barriers are installed. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Hisatsu Orange Railway portion of the station consists of one side platform and one island platform. It is staffed. The two portions of the station are connected by a footbridge.

Platforms

Hisatsu Orange Railway

1, 2, 3

■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway

for Akune and Sendai for Minamata, and Yatsushiro

JR Kyushu

11	Kyushu Shinkansen	for Kumamoto, Hakata, and Shin-Ōsaka
12	Kyushu Shinkansen	for Sendai and Kagoshima-Chūō

• 
  Hisatsu Orange platforms
• 
  Hisatsu Prange station building
• 
  JR Kyyushu station
• 
  JNR Class C56

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Komenotsu		-	Nishi-Izumi

History

Izumi 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 1125 passengers for the JR portion and 158 people for the Hisatsu portion of the station. ^[3]

Surrounding area

• Izumi City Hall

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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.
2. "出水野駅" [Izumi Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
3. National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.

External links

Media related to Izumi Station (Kagoshima) at Wikimedia Commons

• JR Kyushu-Izumi Station (in Japanese)
• Hisatsu Orange home page (in Japanese)