is a passenger railway station located in the city of Satsumasendai,

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. It is operated by third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway.

Lines

The station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and

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. It is located 113.7 km from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station is an above-ground station with two side platforms and two tracks. It has a reinforced concrete station building built in 1952, and when it was a staffed station, it had a stationmaster's office, a railway parcel window, and a ticket counter, but is now unattended.

Platforms

Kamisendai Station3.JPG, Station sign Kamisendai Station2.JPG, View of platforms and shelter

Adjacent stations

History

Kami Sendai Station was opened on 1 July 1922 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Sendai Line, which was incorporated into the Kagoshima Main Line on 17 October 1927. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.

Passenger statistics

The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 219 people. National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data)
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.

Surrounding area

*Kagoshima Prefectural Sendai High School *

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References

External links

* * * {{Hisatsu Orange Railway Line Stations of Hisatsu Orange Railway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1922 Satsumasendai, Kagoshima