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is a
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
located in
Kagoshima, Kagoshima , abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern world ...
, Japan. The station opened in 1930.


Lines

* Kyushu Railway Company **
Ibusuki Makurazaki Line The is a railway line in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Kagoshima-Chūō Station in Kagoshima, to Makurazaki Station in Makurazaki, paralleling the eastern and southern coasts of S ...


JR


Adjacent stations


History

The station was opened on 7 December 1930 by
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 Ra ...
(JGR) as the southern terminus of the then which it had laid from Nishi-Kagoshima (now ). It became a through-station on 20 May 1934 when the track was extended south to . On 31 October 1963, the line which served the station was renamed the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line. With the privatization of
Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
(JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.


Nearby places

*Hirakawa Zoological Park *Hirakawa Post office


References

Railway stations in Kagoshima Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 {{Kagoshima-railstation-stub