is a railway station operated by

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 ...

in Hita,

Ōita Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,136,245 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,340 km2 (2,448 sq mi). Ōita Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northwest, Kumam ...

, Japan. It is the junction between the Kyudai Main Line and the

Hitahikosan Line The is a railway line in Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Jōno Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture with Yoake Station in Hita, Ōita Prefecture and features the 4380 m Shakadake Tunnel between Chikuzen ...

Lines

Yoake Station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 39.1 km from the starting point of the line at . It is also the southern terminus of the

, 68.7 km from the starting point at .

Layout

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks on a side hill cutting. The station building is a modern structure but built in traditional Japanese style with a tiled roof, tiled entrance portico and verandah at the side. It is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. A flight of steps leads up the side hill cutting to the station building from the access road ( National Route 386). Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. file:View from overpass of Yoake Station.jpg, A view of the station platforms and tracks. The Hitahikosan Line can be seen turning off to the right. file:View of Yoake Station.jpg, A view of the station building on the side hill cutting above National Route 386. file:Yoake stn 2.jpg, The old station building. This picture was taken in 2006. file:Platform of Yoake Station.jpg, A close-in view of the footbridge.

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 Kyudai Main Line on 24 December 1928 with a track between and and had extended the line east to by 11 July 1931. In a further phase of expansion, the track was extended east with Yoake opening as the eastern terminus on 12 March 1932. It became a through-station on 3 March 1934 when the track was extended to . On 22 August 1937 JGR opened the Hitosan Line from Yoake north to . On 1 April 1960, this track was linked to tracks further north and became part of the

. 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, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. In July 2017, torrential rainfall led to the tracks of the Hitahikosan Line from to Yoake being covered with mud and debris. Train services along this sector were cancelled. JR Kyushu has not announced a date for the resumption of service apart from stating that the suspension will be for an indefinite period.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 13,265 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 36 passengers. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).

References

External links

Yoake (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Ōita Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1932 {{oita-rail-station-stub