is a

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in Ōmuta,

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, Japan which is shared by

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(operating the

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) and the

Nishi-Nippon Railroad The , also called or NNR, is one of Japan's "Big 16" private railroad companies. With headquarters in Fukuoka, it operates local and highway buses, supermarkets, real estate and travel agencies, as well as railways in Fukuoka Prefecture ...

(Nishitetsu), operating the

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Lines

The station is served by the

and is located 147.5 km from the starting point of the line at . In addition, the station is the southern terminus of the

and is located 74.8 km from the starting point of the line at Tenjin.

Layout

The JR Kyushu part of the station consists of a side and an island platform (platforms 1-3) serving three tracks. The Nishitetsu part consists of three tracks served by three bay platforms. One bay platform is one sided and is designated as platforms 4. The other two bays are two sided, platforms 5-6 serving one track and 7-8 another. A large number of passing loops and sidings are located between the JR and Nishitetsu platforms. In addition, another group of sidings branch off track 1 on the JR side.

Platforms

JR Kyūshū

Nishi-Nippon Railroad

Adjacent stations

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History

The privately run

Kyushu Railway was a company that built and operated railways in Kyushu, one of four main islands of Japan. Most of its lines came under the control of Japanese Government Railways following nationalization in 1907, and many are now operated by Kyushu Railway C ...

had opened a stretch of track between and the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop on 11 December 1889. After several phases of expansion northwards and southwards, by February 1891, the line stretched from south to . In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended south to Takase (now ) opening as the new southern terminus on 1 April 1891. Ōmuta was opened on the same day as one of several intermediate stations on the new stretch of track. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907,

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...

(JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Hitoyoshi Main Line and then on 21 November 1909, part of the Kagoshima Main Line. On 1 July 1939, the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line commenced its service to the station. On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of

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(JNR), the successor of JGR, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3,014 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 61st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

References

External links

Ōmuta Station (JR Kyushu)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Omuta Station Railway stations in Fukuoka Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1891 Ōmuta, Fukuoka