Nigatsuden Station 二月田駅  | |||||||||||
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 Nigatsuden Station in 2005 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 147 Jūchō, Ibusuki-shi, Kagoshima-ken 891-0402 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°15′15.28″N 130°37′48.21″E / 31.2542444°N 130.6300583°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |
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JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Ibusuki Makurazaki Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 43.4 km from Kagoshima-Chūō | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 19 December 1934 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2020 | 318 daily | ||||||||||
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Nigatsuden Station (二月田駅, Nigatsuden-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. [1] [2]
The station is served by the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line and is located 43.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kagoshima-Chūō. [1]
This is an above-ground station with one side platform and one track. The wooden station building is old, and some of the six old rails supporting the platform roof are engraved with marks indicating that they were manufactured by Deutsche Krupp (now ThyssenKrupp) in the early 1900s. It is an unattended station
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Station sign
The station was opened on 19 December 1934 by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) . On 31 October 1961 with the name of the line is changed to the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. [3] [4] .
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 318 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 270th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu. [5]
- Ibusuki City Hall
- Ibusuki City Yanagida Elementary School
- Ibusuki Summary Court
- ^ 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.
- ^ "二月田駅" [Nigatsuden Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ 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. 218. 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. 681. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
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- Nigatsuden Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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