Nishi-Izumi Station

This article is about the station in Kagoshima Prefecture. For the station in Ishikawa Prefecture, see Nishiizumi Station.

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

Nishi-Izumi Station 西出水駅
Nishi-Izumi Station in 2012
General information
Location	Nishiizumicho, Izumi-shi, Kagoshima-ken 899-0213 Japan
Coordinates	32.0753°N 130.3392°E / 32.0753; 130.3392
Operated by	Hisatsu Orange Railway
Line(s)	■ Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Distance	68.3 km from Yatsushiro
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	OR17
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	October 15, 1923 (1923-10-15)
Previous names	Takemoto (until 1928)
Passengers
FY2019	439
Location Nishi-Izumi Station Location within Kagoshima Prefecture Show map of Kagoshima Prefecture Nishi-Izumi Station Nishi-Izumi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

The station is 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 68.3 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform at street level. It has a reinforced concrete station building with a level crossing.

Platforms

1	■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway	for Akune and Sendai
2	■ ■Hisatsu Orange Railway	for Izumi, Minamata, and Yatsushiro

• 
  Station sign
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  View of station platforms

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Izumi		-	Takaono

History

The station opened as Takemoto Station (武本駅, Takemoto-eki) on October 15, 1923, 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. The station name was changed to the present one on July 11, 1928.^[3]

Passenger statistics

The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 439 people. ^[4]

Surrounding area

• Izumi Chuo High School
• Kagoshima Prefectural Izumi High School
• Kagoshima Prefectural Izumi Technical High School
• Izumi City Nishi-Izumi Elementary School

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. "西出水駅" [Nishi-Izumi Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
3. 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. 687. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
4. 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 Nishi-Izumi Station at Wikimedia Commons
• Hisatsu Orange Railway site (in Japanese)