Tanoura Otachimisaki Park Station

Tanoura Otachimisaki Park Station (たのうら御立岬公園駅, Tanoura Otachimisaki Kōen-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Agukita, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway^[3][4]

Tanoura Otachimisaki Park Station たのうら御立岬公園駅
Tanoura Otachimisaki Park Station and platform in 2006
General information
Location	Tanouramachi, Ashikita-machi, Ashikita-gun, Kumamoto-ken 869-5305 Japan
Coordinates	32.36342°N 130.50659°E / 32.36342; 130.50659[1]
Operated by	Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Hisatsu Orange Railway
Distance	22.1 km from Yatsushiro 4.1 km from Kami Tanoura[2]
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	OR06
Website	Official (in Japanese)
History
Opened	1 March 2005 (2005-03-01)
Original company	Hisatsu Orange Railway
Passengers
FY2019	131
Location Tanoura Otachimisaki Park Station Location within Kumamoto Prefecture Show map of Kumamoto Prefecture Tanoura Otachimisaki Park Station Tanoura Otachimisaki Park 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 22.1 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.^[5]

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building. The station is usually unattended all day, but during the beach season, it becomes crowded with beachgoers at the nearby Misaki Beach, mainly during the summer vacation period and until the COVID crisis was attended during that period.^[5][3]

Gallery

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  Station sign
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  View of single platform
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  Station building
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  Cycle parking outside station building

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Kami Tanoura		–	Higo Tanoura

History

Tanoura Otachimisaki Park Station was opened on 1 March 2005.

Passenger statistics

The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 131 passengers.^[6]

Surrounding area

• Ashikita Town Tanoura Branch Office
• Tanoura Roadside Station
• Mitakemisaki Beach

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "Tanoura-otachimisaki Kōen Eki, via GeoNames". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
2. "たのうら御立岬公園駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
3. "たのうら御立岬公園駅" [Tanoura Otachimisaki Park Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
4. "たのうら御立岬公園駅 各駅案内". 肥薩おれんじ鉄道 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
5. 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.
6. 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 Tanoura-Otachimisaki-Kōen Station at Wikimedia Commons
• [ https://www.hs-orange.com/station/pub/detail.aspx?c_id=11&station_id=6Official Hisatsu Orange Railway site] (in Japanese)
• Yahoo! Japan Transit station guide