is a railway station on the Nippō Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in

Saiki, Ōita is a city located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 29, 1941. On March 3, 2005, Saiki merged with the towns of Kamae, Kamiura, Tsurumi, Ume and Yayoi, and the villages Honjō, Naokawa and Yonōzu (all from Minamiam ...

, Japan.

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 194.8 km from the starting point of the line at .

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks, with a siding. The station building is a narrow simple wooden structure in a basic Japanese style with a tiled roof. There is a waiting area with seats, an automatic ticket vending machine and a ticket window area which is unstaffed. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge.

Adjacent stations

History

Japanese Government Railways opened the station on 1 July 1923 as an additional station on the existing track of its then Hōshū Main Line, which was later renamed the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923. 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

During the 2015 fiscal year, there was a total of 15,497 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 42 passengers. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).

References

External links

Kaizaki (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Ōita Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1923 {{Oita-rail-station-stub