is a railway station operated by

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, Japan.

Lines

The station is served by the

Kagoshima Main Line The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) between Mojikō in Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu. Until March 13, 2004, it extended 393 km between its two ...

and is located from the starting point of the line at . The station is also the southern terminus of the Chikuho Main Line and is located from the starting point of the line at . Only local and (in the case of the Kagoshima Main Line) some rapid services stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms, an island platform and a semi-bay platform serving five tracks. The semi-bay platform is designated as

platform 0 Platform 0 is a platform number at various railway stations around the world. It is usually a result of constructing a new platform next to the existing platform 1. To avoid having to renumber and replace signage for all other platforms, as well a ...

and juts into the other side of platform 1 which is a side platform attached to the station building. Platform 0 is used by the Chikuho Main Line only. The station building is a modern concrete structure and houses a waiting area and a JR ticket window (with a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facility). From platform 1, attached to the station building, access to the island and other side platform by means of a footbridge which is served by elevators. A ramp also leads up to the station entrance from the station forecourt. Platform of Haruda Station 2.jpg, A view of platforms 1 and 0 (to the right). Platform of Haruda Station.JPG, The footbridge linking the platforms. Note the elevator shafts.

History

The station was opened on 11 December 1889 by 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 ...

after the construction of a track between and the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop with Tosu as one of several intermediate stations on the line. 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 & December 1929, JGR extended the Chikuho Main Line from to Haruda, making it the southern terminus of the line. With the privatization of

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(JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. Station numbering was introduced on 28 September 2018 with Haruda being assigned station number JB10 for the Kagoshima Main Line and JG05 for the Haruda Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 4,052 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 50th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

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