Buzen-Zenkōji Station

Buzen-Zenkōji Station (豊前善光寺駅, Buzen-Zenkōji-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Usa, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1][2]

Buzen-Zenkoji Station 豊前善光寺駅
Buzen-Zenkoji Station in 2009
General information
Location	Higashitakei, Usa-shi, Ōita-ken 879-0309 Japan
Coordinates	33°33′59″N 131°19′23″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	65.5 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	25 September 1897 (1897-09-25)
Previous names	Yokkaichi (until 24 April 1919) Takenogō (until 1 September 1919)
Passengers
FY2015	257 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Yanagigaura towards Kagoshima Nippō Main Line Amatsu towards Kokura
Location Buzen-Zenkōji Station Location within Oita Prefecture Show map of Oita Prefecture Buzen-Zenkōji Station Buzen-Zenkōji Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 65.5 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. There had once been a side and an island platform but the centre track has been removed, leaving two side platforms. The station building is a modern steel structure which serves only to house a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.^[2][3]

Platforms

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

History

The private Hōshū Railway opened the station on 25 September 1897 with the name Yokkaichi (四日市) as an intermediate station on the Hōshū Railway, a line which it had laid from Yukuhashi to Yanagigaura. The Hōshū Railway was acquired by the Kyushu Railway on 3 September 1901 and the Kyushu Railway was itself nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) designated the station as part of the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909. The station was renamed first as Takenogō (高家郷) on 24 April 1919 and finally to Buzen-Zenkoji on 1 September the same year. On 15 December 1923, the station became part of the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.^[4][5]

The station became unstaffed in 2016.^[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 93,756 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 257 passengers.^[7]

Surrounding area

• Buzen-Zenko-ji temple

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "豊前善光寺" [Buzen-Zenkoji]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 2 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. 48, 79. ISBN 9784062951630.
4. 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.
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. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 751. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
6. "駅営業体制の見直しについて" [Revision of station business system] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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).

External links

Media related to Buzen-Zenkoji Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)