is a passenger railway station located in Hasama neighborhood of the city of Yufu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR Kyushu.
Lines The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 124.6 km from the starting point of the line at .
Layout The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track on a side hill cutting. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform and a toilet shed. A long ramp leads up to the platform from the access road.
History The private opened a track from to on 30 October 1915. This station was opened on the same day as one of several intermediate stations along the track. On 1 December 1922, the Daito Railway was nationalized and absorbed into Japanese Government Railways, (JGR) which closed the station. Subsequently, JGR reopened the station on 3 February 1925. On 15 November 1934, when the Daito Line had linked up with the Kyudai Main Line further west, JGR designated the station as part of the Kyudai Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 6,393 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 18 passengers. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).
Surrounding area Oita River Kyushu Electric Power Shinohara Hydroelectric Power Plant/Shinohara Dam National Route 210
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Onigase (JR Kyushu)