is a passenger

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located in the city of Nichinan,

Miyazaki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Miyazaki Prefecture has a population of 1,073,054 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 7,735 km2 (2,986 sq mi). Miyazaki Prefecture borders Ōita Prefecture to the north, Kuma ...

, Japan. It is operated by

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and is on the

Nichinan Line The is a railway line in south-eastern Kyushu, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Minami-Miyazaki Station in Miyazaki, Miyazaki to Shibushi Station in Shibushi, Kagoshima. History The Miyazaki Prefectural G ...

Lines

The station is served by the

and is located 39.8 km from the starting point of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving two tracks at grade. The station building is built in traditional Japanese style to resemble a castle with white plaster '' namako'' walls. It houses a staffed ticket window and a waiting area. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing. A bike shed and parking is available at the station forecourt. Management of the passenger facilities at the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facility.

Platforms

file:Obi station,飫肥駅 - panoramio - z tanuki.jpg, A view of the station forecourt file:JR Obi station , JR 日南線飫肥駅 - panoramio.jpg, Rear of the station building. Note the level crossing. file:Obi-station-Platform.jpg, A view of the platform and tracks. file:Obi station,飫肥駅 - panoramio.jpg, The interior of the station building.

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 Shibushi Line from to Sueyoshi (now closed) in 1923. By 1925, the line had been extended eastwards to the east coast of Kyushu at . The line was then extended northwards in phases, reaching by 1937. The track was extended further north with Kitagō opening as the northern terminus on 28 October 1941. Obi was one of several intermediate stations opened on the same day on the new track. Freight operations were discontinued in 1960. The route was designated the Nichinan Line on 8 May 1963. With the privatization of JNR 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 355 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 285th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area

* Obi Castle *Miyazaki Prefectural Nichinan High School *Miyazaki Prefectural Nichinan Shintoku High School *Nichinan City Hall Obi Branch

References

External links

Obi (JR Kyushu)
{{Nichinan Line Railway stations in Miyazaki Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1941 Nichinan, Miyazaki