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 pre ...

Mimata, Miyazaki is a town located in Kitamorokata District, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2019, the town has an estimated population of 25,591 and the density of 231 persons per km². The total area is 110.02 km². In October 2022, it was ra ...

, Japan. It is operated by of

JR Kyushu The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait ...

and is on the

Nippō Main Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, in southern Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The line connects Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima via the east coast of Kyushu, passing through the pr ...

Lines

The station is served by the

and is located 385.6 km from the starting point of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is a wooden structure remodelled recently in western style. It houses an enclosed waiting room and an automatic ticket vending machine. The ticket window is unstaffed. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. Has photos of the station building before and after remodelling, which reportedly took place in 2009.

Adjacent stations

History

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) had opened the Miyazaki Line from to on 8 October 1913. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended east, with Mimata opening as the new terminus on 11 February 1914. On 15 August the same year, it became a through-station when the track was extended to . By 21 September 1917, the track had reached and line was renamed the Miyazaki Main Line. By 1923, the track had reached north to link up with the track of the Nippō Main Line at . On 15 December 1923, Mimata was designated as part of the Nippō Main Line together with the entire stretch through Miyazaki, Miyakonojō to Yoshimatsu. 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 260 passengers (boarding only) per day. See the table for 平成28年度 iscal 2016

References

External links

Mimata (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Miyazaki Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1914 {{Miyazaki-railstation-stub