Kurino Station
Lines
The station is served by the Hisatsu Line and is located 94.3 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.
Layout
The station consists of a island platform with two tracks at grade. A side platform (Platform 1) adjacent to the station building was used by the now discontinued Yamano Line and is no longer in use. The station building is connected to the island platform by an overpass. The station building is a one-story concrete building. There is a waiting area and ticket gates inside the station building. It is a simple consignment station. There are no automatic ticket vending machines, and payment must be made on the train early in the morning and at night. An upright piano was installed in the waiting area on March 11, 2017 through a street piano project conducted by volunteers in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Platforms
| 2 | ■ ■ Hisatsu Line | for Yoshimatsu and Miyakonojō |
| 3 | ■ ■Hisatsu Line | for Hayato and Kagoshima |
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Footbridge viewed from the south -
Waiting Room -
Platform -
Rotary in front of station
History
The station was opened by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on 5 September 1903 in conjunction with the extension of the Kagoshima Line from Yokogawa Station (currently Osumi Yokogawa Station) to this station. On 11 September 1921 the Yamano Light Rail Line opens from this station to Yamano. This is renamed the Yamano Line on 2 September 1922. Freight services were discontinued in 1982 and baggage handling from 1984. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, Nishi Kobayashi came under the control of JR Kyushu.The Yamano Line was abolished on 1 February 1988.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 365 passengers daily
Surrounding area
- Kirishima Open Air Museum
National Route 268- Yūsui Town Hall
- Yūsui Town Kurino Junior High School
- Yūsui Town Kurino Junior Elementary School
- Kurino Kindergarten
- Kurino Post Office
- Kyūshū Expressway: Kurino Interchange
See also
References
- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "栗野駅" [Kurino]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- ^ 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7巻 宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 51, 84. ISBN 9784062951661.
- ^ 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. 21, 63. ISBN 9784107900302.
- ^ 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. p. 232. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 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. 777. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
External links
Media related to Kurino Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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