Minami-Kumamoto Station

Railway station in Kumamoto, Japan

32°47′06″N 130°42′42″E / 32.78500°N 130.71167°E / 32.78500; 130.71167Operated by

JR KyushuLine(s)■ Hōhi Main LineDistance3.6 km from KumamotoPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeOther informationStatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened21 June 1914 (1914-06-21)Previous namesHarutake (until 1 May 1940)PassengersFY2016970 dailyRank170th (among JR Kyushu stations) Location

Minami-Kumamoto Station

Location within Japan

Minami-Kumamoto Station (南熊本駅, Minami-Kumamoto-eki) is a railway station on the Hōhi Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 3.6 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a wooden structure of western design and houses a waiting area and a staffed ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.^[2]^[3]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[4]^[5]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hōhi Main Line
Heisei		Local	Shin-Suizenji

History

On 21 June 1914, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the Miyagi Light Rail Line (宮地軽便線) (later the Miyagi Line) from Kumamoto eastwards to Higo-Ōzu. On the same day, this station was opened with the name Harutake (春竹) as one of several intermediate stations along the track. By 1928, the track had been extended eastward and had linked up with the Inukai Line (犬飼線) which had been built westward from Ōita. On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto to Ōita was designated as the Hōhi Main Line. On 1 May 1940, the station was renamed Minami-Kumamoto. 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.^[6]^[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 970 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 170th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[8]

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "南熊本" [Minami-Kumamoto]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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. 26, 76. ISBN 9784062951654.
^ "熊本支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kumamoto Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
^ "南熊本駅" [Minami-Kumamoto Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 17 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
^ 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. 228. 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. 743. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.