Hyūga-Nagai Station

Hyūga-Nagai Station (日向長井駅, Hyūga-Nagai-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.^[1][2]

Hyūga-Nagai Station 日向長井駅
Hyūga-Nagai Station in 2007
General information
Location	Kitagawamachi Nagai, Nobeoka-shi, Miyazaki-ken 889-0102 Japan
Coordinates	32°39′51″N 131°42′00″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	246.7 km from Kokura
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	22 October 1922 (1922-10-22)
Passengers
FY2016	3 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Kita-Nobeoka towards Kagoshima Nippō Main Line Kitagawa towards Kokura
Location Hyūga-Nagai Station Location within Miyazaki Prefecture Show map of Miyazaki Prefecture Hyūga-Nagai Station Hyūga-Nagai Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 246.7 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3] Only local trains stop at this station.

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade with a siding branching off track 2. There is no station building but both platforms have weather shelters for waiting passengers. Access to the opposite side platform is by a footbridge.^[2][3]

History

In 1913, the Miyazaki Prefectural Railway (宮崎県営鉄道) opened a line from Miyazaki northwards to Hirose (now closed). After the Miyazaki Prefectural Railway was nationalized on 21 September 1917, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook the subsequent extension of the track which it designated as the Miyazaki Main Line. Expanding north in phases, the track reached Hyūga-Nagai which was established as the northern terminus on 29 October 1922. It became a through-station on 1 July 1923 when the track was extended to Ichitana. At the same time, JGR had been expanding its Hoshū Line south from Kokura down the east coast of Kyushu, reaching its southern terminus of Shigeoka just 9 km north of Ichitana by March 1922. The link up between the two lines was achieved on 15 December 1923, and through traffic was thus established from Kokura through Hyūga-Nagai to Miyakonojō. The entire stretch of track was then renamed the Nippō Main Line. Freight operations were abolished in 1962 and baggage handling in 1972 at which time the station became unmanned. 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][6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3 passengers (boarding only) per day.^[7]

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 10

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "日向長井" [Hyūga-Nagai]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 June 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. 51, 84. ISBN 9784062951654.
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. 757. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
6. Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号 九州 沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
7. "宮崎県統計年鑑 鉄道輸送実績（１日平均）" [Miyazaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook Railway Transportation Record (daily average)]. Miyazaki Prefectural Government website. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018. See the table for 平成28年度 [fiscal 2016].

External links

Media related to Hyuga-Nagai Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Hyūga-Nagai (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)