Tabaruzaka Station (田原坂駅, Tabaruzaka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the Kita-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]
Tabaruzaka Station 田原坂駅  | |||||||||||
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 Tabaruzaka Station in 2006 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Uekimachitodoroki, Kita-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken, 861-0155 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°53′59″N 130°39′12″E / 32.8996°N 130.6532°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Kagoshima Main Line, | ||||||||||
| Distance | 180.2 km from Mojikō | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Side hill cutting | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No - platform accessed by footbridge, steep slope to station | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1943 | ||||||||||
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| FY2014 | 24 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 180.2 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.[3]
Layout
editThe station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks on a side hill cutting. A steep sloping ramp leads up to the station from the access road. The station building is a simple, functional, brick structure which is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Tamana, Ōmuta and Tosu |
| 2 | ■ ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Kumamoto and Yatsushiro |
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A view of the platforms and tracks. -
View from the station looking down onto the access road. -
Signage
History
editJapanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Tabaruzaka signal box on 1 October 1943 on the existing track of the Kagoshima Main Line. On 1 October 1965, Japanese National Railways (JNR) upgraded the facility to full station. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[4]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 24 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5]
Surrounding area
editThe area around the station is surrounded by hills and covered with fields and orchards, but there are settlements scattered on the hills to the east, leading to the Ueki city area. About 800 m to the east, there is the Sanko Bus Shichimoto stop, which connects the Kumamoto Sakuramachi Bus Terminal to Uekimachi.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "田原坂" [Tabaruzaka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 20, 68. ISBN 9784062951654.
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 683. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "熊本地域公共交通網形成計画" [Kumamoto area public transport network plan]. Kumamoto City official website. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2018. See Chapter 4: 公共交通の現状等 (Present situation of public transport)
External links
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Media related to Tabaruzaka Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Tabaruzaka (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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