Railway station in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
Uchiumi Station
(
?海?
,
Uchiumi-eki
)
is a passenger
railway station
located in the city of
Miyazaki City
,
Miyazaki Prefecture
, Japan. It is operated by
JR Kyushu
and is on the
Nichinan Line
.
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The station is distinct and at a different location from another station nearby of the same name which was opened in 1913 and closed in 1962.
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Lines
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The station is served by the
Nichinan Line
and is located 17.5 km from the starting point of the line at
Minami-Miyazaki
.
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Layout
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The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a
side platform
serving a single track at grade. There is no station building but a shed built near the station entrance serves as a waiting room. An automatic ticket vending machine has not been installed.
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History
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The private
Miyazaki Light Railway
(
宮崎?便?道
)
(later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened a line on 31 October 1913 between
Minami-Miyazaki
and Uchiumi (a station of the same name but at a different location from this present one). The line and its stations closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently,
Japanese National Railways
(JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from
Kitag?
towards Minami-Miyazaki using largely the same route. The linkup, which included the reopening of some previously closed Miyazaki Railway stations, was completed on 8 May 1963, whereupon the route was renamed the Nichinan Line. Uchiumi was also opened on the same day. It used the name of a previously closed station nearby, but was a new station at a different location. Freight services were discontinued in 1964 and baggage handling in 1967. In 1978 the platform was extended by 20 meters, giving it an effective length of 90 meters. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.
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Passenger statistics
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In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 19 passengers (boarding only) per day.
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Surrounding area
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- Miyazaki City Uchiumi Elementary School
See also
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References
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- ^
"JR Kyushu Route Map"
(PDF)
. JR Kyushu
. Retrieved
23 February
2018
.
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a
b
"?海"
[Uchiumi].
hacchi-no-he.net
. Retrieved
9 May
2018
.
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a
b
Imao, Keisuke (2009).
日本?道旅行地?帳 12? 九州 沖?―全線?全??全?線
[
Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines
] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 21, 62?3.
ISBN
9784107900302
.
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a
b
Kawashima, Ry?z? (2013).
??: 日本の?道 四??九州ライン 全線?全??全配線?第7? 宮崎?鹿?島?沖?エリア
[
Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area
] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 54, 95.
ISBN
9784062951661
.
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Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998).
停車場?遷大事典 ???JR編
[
Station Transition Directory ? JNR/JR
] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 774.
ISBN
4-533-02980-9
.
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"宮崎?統計年鑑 ?道輸送?績(1日平均)"
[Miyazaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook Railway Transportation Record (daily average)].
Miyazaki Prefectural Government website
. Retrieved
6 May
2018
.
See the table for 平成28年度 [fiscal 2016].
External links
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Media related to
Uchiumi Station
at Wikimedia Commons