Tsuno Station

Railway station in Tsuno, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

■ Nippō Main LineDistance298.7 km from KokuraPlatforms1 island platformTracks2 + 1 sidingConstructionStructure typeAt gradeBicycle facilitiesBike shedAccessibleYes - platforms linked by footbridge with elevatorOther informationStatusKan'i itaku stationWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened11 June 1921 (1921-06-11)PassengersFY2016395 dailyRank272nd (among JR Kyushu stations) Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Kawaminami towards Kagoshima		Nippō Main Line		Higashi-Tsuno towards Kokura

Location
Tsuno Station Location within Miyazaki Prefecture Show map of Miyazaki Prefecture Tsuno Station Tsuno Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Tsuno Station (都農駅, Tsuno-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Tsuno, Miyazaki, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 298.7 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade with a siding. The station building is wooden structure built in traditional Japanese style and remodelled in 2017. It houses a staffed ticket window, a waiting area, the office of the local tourism association and a community space which features a diorama maintained by local railway enthusiasts. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. A bike shed is provided at the station forecourt.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

JR Kyushu had planned to cease staffing the station. To maintain service to residents, the Tsuno town authorities took over the management of the ticket window as a kan'i itaku agent on 1 April 2015.^[6]^[7]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Nobeoka and Oita
2	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Miyazaki and Miyazaki Airport

History

In 1913, the Miyazaki Prefectural Railway (宮崎県営鉄道) had opened a line from Miyazaki northwards to Hirose (now closed). After the Miyazaki Prefectural Railway was nationalized on 21 September 1917, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook the subsequent extension of the track as part of the then Miyazaki Main Line, reaching Takanabe by 11 September 1920. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended to Mimitsu, which opened as the new northern terminus on 11 June 1921. Tsuno was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track. Expanding north from Mimitsu in phases and joining up with other networks, the track eventually reached Kokura and the entire stretch from Kokura through this station to Miyakonojō was redesignated as the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923. Fright operations ceased in 1981 and baggage handling in 1984. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 395 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 272nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[11]

Surrounding area

Tsuno Town Hall

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "都農" [Tsuno]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 May 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. 53, 85. ISBN 9784062951654.
^ "都農駅がリニューアルしました" [Tsuno Station reopened]. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
^ "都農駅がリニューアルしました Part 2" [Tsuno Station reopened Part 2]. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
^ "市町運営で無人化防ぐ JR日南と都農駅" [City to take over management to avert unstaffing of JR Nichinan and Tsuno stations]. Miyazaki Mainichi Shimbun website. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "都農駅" [Tsuno Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 20 May 2018. See images of tickets sold.
^ 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. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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. 758. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号九州沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.