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Komenotsu Station

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Komenotsu Station

  • Mễ ノ tân dịch
  • こめのつ
Small station building with vending machine and phone booth, in 2011
Komenotsu Station in 2011
General information
Location40 Komenotsumachi, Izumi-shi, Kagoshima-ken 899-0121
Japan
Coordinates32°07′20″N130°20′31″E/ 32.12215°N 130.34198°E/32.12215; 130.34198[1]
Operated byHisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Distance
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
WebsiteOfficial website(in Japanese)
History
Opened15 October 1923(1923-10-15)
Original companyJapanese Government Railways
Passengers
FY2019205
Location
Komenotsu Station is located in Kagoshima Prefecture
Komenotsu Station
Komenotsu Station
Location within Kagoshima Prefecture
Komenotsu Station is located in Japan
Komenotsu Station
Komenotsu Station
Komenotsu Station (Japan)
Map

Komenotsu Station(Mễ ノ tân dịch,Komenotsu-eki)is a passengerrailway stationlocated in the city ofIzumi,Kagoshima Prefecture,Japan.It is served by the It is operated bythird-sectorrailway companyHisatsu Orange Railway.[3][4]

Station layout

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The station consists of two staggeredside platformsat street level. During the JNR era, the station was manned with a wooden station building, and there was a freight siding and platform on the east side of the station, as well as several small freight handling sidings on the west side, where freight cars parked at the neighboring Izumi Station were shunted and freight was loaded and unloaded at the nearby Yonotsu Port.However, when freight handling at Izumi Station was abolished in 1984, freight handling at this station was also abolished. and all but a few of the sidings were removed and the station building was demolished in 1985 and the current prefabricated station building was completed the same year.

Platforms

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1 Hisatsu Orange Railway forMinamata,andYatsushiro
2 Hisatsu Orange Railway forIzumi,AkuneandSendai

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Fukuro Izumi
Rapid ExpressSuper Orange:Does not stop at this station

History

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Komenotsu Station was opened on 15 October 1923 as a station on theJapanese Government RailwaysSendai Line, which was incorporated into the Kagoshima Main Line on 17 October 1927. With the privatization of theJapan National Railwayson 1 April 1987, the station was transferred toJR Kyushu.On 13 March 2004, with the opening of theKyushu Shinkansen,the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.

Passenger statistics

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The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 205 people.[5]

Surrounding area

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  • Yonetsu Port
  • Izumi City Yonetsu East Elementary School

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Komenotsu-eki, via GeoNames".OpenStreetMap.Retrieved2017-11-14.
  2. ^"Mễ ノ tân dịch".[レイルラボ | RailLab](in Japanese).Retrieved2017-11-25.
  3. ^Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013).Đồ thuyết: Nhật bổn の thiết đạo tứ quốc ・ cửu châu ライン toàn tuyến ・ toàn dịch ・ toàn phối tuyến ・ đệ 5 quyển trường kỳ tá hạ 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.ISBN9784062951647.
  4. ^"Mễ ノ tân dịch"[Komenotsu Station].hacchi-no-he.net.Retrieved16 March2018.
  5. ^National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data)- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.
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