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 prep ...

on the Hohi Main Line 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 St ...

Taketa, Ōita is a city located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on March 31, 1954. On April 1, 2005, the towns of Kujū, Naoiri and Ogi (all from Naoiri District) were also merged into Taketa. As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimat ...

, Japan.

Lines

The station is served by the

Hōhi Main Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, southern Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects the west and east coasts of the island. The line originates at Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto and ends at terminal of Ōita Statio ...

and is located 75.2 km from the starting point of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade with a siding. The station building is two-storey modern structure which also houses a local community centre. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a level crossing. The station is unstaffed by JR Kyushu but some types of tickets are available from the ticket window which is staffed by a kan'i itaku agent. file:Bungo Ogi Station Platform 2012.JPG, A view of the platforms and tracks. The siding can be seen in the distance, branching off to the left.

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 Ra ...

(JGR) had opened the (later Inukai Line) from to on 1 April 1914. The track was extended westwards in phases, with being established as its western terminus on 30 November 1925. Further to the west, JGR had, on 21 June 1914 opened the (later the Miyaji Line) from east to . This track was also extended in phases, reaching as its eastern terminus on 25 January 1918. On 2 December 1928, Miyaji and Tamarai were linked up, with Bungo-Ogi opening on the same day as one of several intermediate stations along the new track. Through-traffic was established between Kumamoto and Ōita. The Inukai and Miyaji lines were merged and the entire stretch redesignated as 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, Bungo-Ogi came under the control of JR Kyushu. On 17 September 2017, Typhoon Talim (Typhoon 18) damaged the Hōhi Main Line at several locations. Services between Aso and Nakahanda, including Bungo-Ogi, were suspended and replaced by bus services. Rail service from Aso through this station to Miemachi was restored by 22 September 2017 Normal rail services between Aso and Ōita were restored by 2 October 2017.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 16,821 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 46 passengers. See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).

References

External links

Bungo-Ogi (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Ōita Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1928 {{oita-rail-station-stub