Kariu Station

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	Kariu Station Location within Oita Prefecture Kariu Station Kariu Station (Japan)

Kariu Station

狩生駅
Kariu Station; 狩生駅
	Kariu Station in 2008
General information
Location	Kariu, Saiki-shi, Ōita-ken 876-1101; Japan
Coordinates	33°00′55″N 131°54′17″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	192.0 km from Kokura
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 April 1959
Passengers
FY2015	16 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Kariu Station Location within Oita Prefecture Kariu Station Kariu Station (Japan)

Kariu Station (狩生駅, Kariu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Saiki, Ōita, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

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The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 192.0 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The station building is a simple wooden sshed which serves only to house a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine. Another wooden shed, at right angles, is used occasionally as a community meeting space and as a marketplace for local produce. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Saiki
2	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Ōita

Kuha 814-24 at Kariu Station

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 15 April 1959 as an additional station on the existing track of the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.^[5]^[6]

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 5,728 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 16 passengers.^[7]

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[1]
"JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
[2]
"狩生" [Kariu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
[3]
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6巻熊本大分エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 46, 83. ISBN 9784062951654.
[4]
"日豊本線・狩生駅に行ってきました" [Nippō Main Line - I went to Kariu Station]. Retrieved 5 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
[5]
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.
[6]
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. 755. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
[7]
"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).