Miyaji Station

Railway station in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Miyaji Station

宮地駅

Miyaji Station in 2007

General information
Location| Japan
Coordinates| 32°56′14″N 131°07′03″E﻿ / ﻿32.93722°N 131.11750°E﻿ / 32.93722; 131.11750
Operated by|  JR Kyushu
Line(s)| ■ Hōhi Main Line
Distance| 53.4 km from Kumamoto
Platforms| 1 island platform
Tracks| 2 + numerous sidings
Construction
Structure type| At grade
Other information
Status| Staffed ticket window (outsourced)
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 25 January 1918 (1918-01-25)
Location

Miyaji Station

Location within Japan

Miyaji Station (宮地駅, Miyaji-eki) is a railway station on the Hohi Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Aso, Kumamoto, Japan.[1][2]

## Lines[edit]

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 53.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.[3]

## Layout[edit]

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a wooden structure of traditional Japanese design with a double tiled roof and has been built and decorated to resemble a Shinto shrine. It houses a waiting room and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing. South of the station are numerous passing loops, sidings and a turntable, all belonging to a depot on the Hōhi Main Line.[2][3][4]

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 window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]

* A view of the station platform with a close-up of the level crossing.

* The station as seen approaching from the east. The depot with its sidings can be seen to the left.

* The turntable at the depot.

## Adjacent stations[edit]

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Hōhi Main Line
Ikoi-no-Mura | Local  | Namino
Bungo-Ogi | Limited express Aso Boy! | Aso

## History[edit]

On 21 June 1914, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the Miyaji Light Rail Line (宮地軽便線) (later the Miyagi Line) from Kumamoto eastwards to Higo-Ōzu. The line was extended eastward in phases and Miyaji was established as the eastern terminal on 25 January 1918. On 2 December 1928, the station was linked up with Tamarai, the western terminus of the Inukai Line (犬飼線), which had been extended westwards in phases from Ōita since 1914. Through-traffic was established between Kumamoto and Ōita. The two lines were merged and the entire stretch redesignated as the Hōhi Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, Miyaji station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[7][8]

On 17 September 2017, Typhoon Talim (Typhoon 18) damaged the Hōhi Main Line at several locations. Services between Aso and Nakahanda, including Miyaji, were suspended and replaced by bus services. Rail service from Aso through Miyaji to Miemachi was restored by 22 September 2017[9] Normal rail services between Aso and Ōita were restored by 2 October 2017.[10]

## Environs[edit]

* Aso City Hall
* National Route 57
* Aso Shrine
* Sensuikyō Gorge

## See also[edit]

* List of railway stations in Japan

## References[edit]

1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. ^ a b "宮地" [Miyaji]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
3. ^ 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. 39, 78. ISBN 9784062951654.
4. ^ "宮地" [Miyaji]. Retrieved 22 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
5. ^ "熊本支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kumamoto Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
6. ^ "宮地駅" [Miyaji Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 22 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
7. ^ 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.
8. ^ 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. 745\. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
9. ^ "豊肥本線の運休区間が縮小…阿蘇～三重町間再開" [Zone of suspended services on Hōhi Main Line reduced. Aso to Miemachi reopens]. Response.jp. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
10. ^ "10 月２日(月)からの日豊本線・豊肥本線の運転計画について(お知らせ)" [Operations plan for Nippo Main Line and Hōhi Main Line (notice)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 29 September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

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Stations of the JR Hōhi Main Line

* Kumamoto
* Heisei
* Minami-Kumamoto
* Shin-Suizenji
* Suizenji
* Tōkai-Gakuen-mae
* Tatsutaguchi
* Musashizuka
* Hikarinomori
* Sanrigi
* Haramizu
* Higo-Ōzu
* Seta
* Tateno (>>for Takamori, Takamori Line)
* Akamizu
* Ichinokawa
* Uchinomaki
* Aso
* Ikoi-no-Mura
* Miyaji
* Namino
* Takimizu
* Bungo-Ogi
* Tamarai
* Bungo-Taketa
* Asaji
* Ogata
* Bungo-Kiyokawa
* Miemachi
* Sugao
* Inukai
* Takenaka
* Nakahanda
* Ōita-Daigaku-mae
* Shikido
* Takio
* Ōita

## External links[edit]

* Miyaji (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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