Tabaruzaka Station 田原坂駅 | |||||
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![]() Tabaruzaka Station in 2006 | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 32°53′59″N 130°39′12″E / 32.8996°N 130.6532°E | ||||
Operated by |
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Line(s) | ■ Kagoshima Main Line, | ||||
Distance | 180.2 km from Mojikō | ||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | Side hill cutting | ||||
Accessible | No - platform accessed by footbridge, steep slope to station | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1 October 1943 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
FY2014 | 24 daily | ||||
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Tabaruzaka Station (田原坂駅, Tabaruzaka-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu in Kita-ku, Kumamoto, Japan. [1] [2]
The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 180.2 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko. [3]
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks on a side hill cutting. A steep sloping ramp leads up to the station from the access road. The station building is a simple, functional, brick structure which is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. [2] [3]
← | Service | → | ||
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Kagoshima Main Line | ||||
Konoha | Local | Ueki | ||
Konoha | Rapid | Ueki |
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Tabaruzaka signal box on 1 October 1943 on the existing track of the Kagoshima Main Line. On 1 October 1965, Japanese National Railways (JNR) upgraded the facility to full station. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. [4]
In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 24 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [5]