is a passenger

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located in the city of

Miyazaki City is the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924. As of July 2022, the city had an estimated population of 399,788 and a population density of 621 persons per km2. The total area ...

Miyazaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, 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 Square kilometre, km2 (2,986 sq mi). Miyazaki Prefecture borders ...

, Japan. It is operated by

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and is the junction between 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 ...

and the

Miyazaki Kūkō Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Tayoshi Station in Miyazaki, Miyazaki with Miyazaki Airport Station. Trains continue to and from Minami-Miyazaki Station and Miyazaki Sta ...

Lines

Tayoshi Station is the official starting point of the 1.4 kilometer

and is also served by the

whose starting point is to the north at .

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, 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 set in a largely rural area with a view of the nearby

Miyazaki Airport , also known as Miyazaki Bougainvillea Airport, is an international airport located south southeastAIS Japan
of

beyond some fields. There is no station building. A small shed beside the tracks on the access path serves as a waiting room. Access to the island platform from the path is by means of a level crossing with steps at the platform end.

Platforms

file:Tayoshi Station.JPG, The waiting room of the station. file:View of Miyazaki Airport from platform of Tayoshi Station.jpg, A view of Miyazaki Airport from the station platform.

History

The private (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 31 October 1913 as an intermediate station on a line it had laid between and Uchiumi (now closed). The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently,

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) extended its then Shibushi Line north from towards Minami-Miyazaki on the same route and reopened Tayoshi as an intermediate station on 8 May 1963 but closed it on 1 October 1971. In 1996

built a branch line from this location to and reopened the station on 18 July 1996 as the starting point of the Miyazaki Kūkō Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 37 passengers (boarding only) per day. See the table for 平成28年度 iscal 2016

Surrounding area

*Miyazaki City Akae Junior High School *Miyazaki City Hall Akae Regional Center

References

External links

Tayoshi (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Miyazaki Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1913 Miyazaki (city) {{Miyazaki-railstation-stub