Ōga Station

Ōga Station (大神駅, Ōga-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Hiji, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1][2]

Ōga Station 大神駅
Ōga Station in August 2008
General information
Location	Oga, Hiji-cho, Hayami-gun, Oita-ken 879-1504 Japan
Coordinates	33°23′01″N 131°34′30″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	103.3 km from Kokura
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	No - level crossing to platform has steps
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 June 1952 (1952-06-01)
Passengers
FY2016	481 daily
Rank	248th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Hiji towards Kagoshima Nippō Main Line Kitsuki towards Kokura
Location Ōga Station Location within Oita Prefecture Show map of Oita Prefecture Ōga Station Ōga Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 103.3 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a modern concrete structure which houses an enclosed waiting room and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing with steps at both ends.^[2][3]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[4][5]

Platforms

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

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 June 1952 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.^[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 481 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 248th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[7]

Surrounding area

• Oita Prefectural Hiji Special Needs Education School
• Oita Prefectural Hidashidani High School
• Oita Prefectural Hiji Sogo High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "大神" [Ōga]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 29 April 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. 44, 80. ISBN 9784062951630.
4. "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
5. "大神" [Ōga Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 29 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
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. 752. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
7. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

External links

Media related to Ōga Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)