Higo Tanoura Station

Location
	Higo Tanoura Station Location within Kumamoto Prefecture Higo Tanoura Station Higo Tanoura Station (Japan)

Higo Tanoura Station

肥後田浦駅
Higo Tanoura Station; 肥後田浦駅
	Higo Tanoura Station in 2006
General information
Location	Kodanoura, Ashikita-machi, Ashikita-gun, Kumamoto-ken 869-5303; Japan
Coordinates	32°21′02″N 130°30′17″E / 32.3505892°N 130.5047265°E
Operated by	Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Hisatsu Orange Railway
Distance	23.3 km from Yatsushiro; 1.5 km from Tanoura Otachimisaki Park;
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	OR07
Website	Official (in Japanese)
History
Opened	15 April 1925
Original company	Japanese Government Railways
Passengers
FY2019	85
Location
Location
	Higo Tanoura Station Location within Kumamoto Prefecture Higo Tanoura Station Higo Tanoura Station (Japan)

Higo Tanoura Station (肥後田浦駅, Higo Tanoura-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Agukita, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway^[3]^[4]

Lines

The station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai. It is located 23.6 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.^[5]

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms at street level, connected by a footbridge. TIn addition, a freight platform remains and is currently used as a storage track for track maintenance vehicles. The reinforced concrete station building is unattended.^[5]^[3]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway	for Minamata and Izumi
2	■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway	for Yatsushiro and Shin-Yatsushiro

Gallery

Station sign
View of platforms

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Tanoura Otachimisaki Park		–	Uminoura

History

Higo Tanoura Station was opened on 4 April 1925 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.

Passenger statistics

The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 85 passengers.^[6]

Surrounding area

Tokai Carbon Tanoura Factory
Tanoura Port

References

^ "Node: Higo Tanoura (2012956942)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
^ "肥後田浦駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
^ ^a ^b "肥後田浦駅" [Higo Tanoura Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ "肥後田浦駅各駅案内". 肥薩おれんじ鉄道 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
^ ^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.
^ National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.

External links

Media related to Higo-Tanoura Station at Wikimedia Commons
Official Hisatsu Orange Railway site (in Japanese)
Yahoo! Japan Transit station guide

[openstreetmap-1] "Node: Higo Tanoura (2012956942)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.

[raillab-2] "肥後田浦駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.

[hacchi-3] "肥後田浦駅" [Higo Tanoura Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[official-4] "肥後田浦駅各駅案内". 肥薩おれんじ鉄道 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2017-11-14.

[kawashima-5] 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.

[6] National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.

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