Kiyotake Station

Railway station in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

■ Nippō Main LineDistance347.8 km from KokuraPlatforms1 island platformTracks2 + 1 sidingConstructionStructure typeAt gradeAccessibleNo - island platform accessed by footbridgeOther informationWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened20 March 1915 (1915-03-20)PassengersFY2016520 dailyRank243rd (among JR Kyushu stations) Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Kanō towards Kagoshima		Nippō Main Line		Hyūga-Kutsukake towards Kokura

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

Kiyotake Station (清武駅, Kiyotake-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 347.8 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding. The station building is timber structure in western style which houses a waiting area and SUGOCA card reader. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.^[2]^[3]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Miyakonojō and Kagoshima-Chūō
2	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Minami-Miyazaki and Miyazaki

History

The station was opened on 20 March 1915 as the southern terminus of a line which Miyazaki Prefectural Railway had laid from Miyazaki. In the meantime, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Miyazaki Line from Yoshimatsu to Miyakonojō on 8 October 1913 and had been expanding east and north towards Miyazaki in phases, reaching Aoidake by 21 March 1916. On 25 October 1916, the track at Kiyotake was linked up with the track from Aoidake. Miyazaki Prefectural Railway was nationalized. JGR designated the track to Miyazaki as part of the Miyazaki Line and later, on 21 September 1917, the Miyazaki Main Line. By 1923, the Miyazaki Main Line track had reached north to link up with the track of the Nippō Main Line at Shigeoka. On 15 December 1923, the entire stretch of track from Shigeoka through Miyazaki to Yoshimatsu, including Kiyotake, was designated as part of the Nippō Main Line. Freight operations were discontinued in 1971 and baggage handling in 1984.With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, Kiyotake came under the control of JR Kyushu.^[4]^[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 520 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 243rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[6]

Surrounding area

Miyazaki City Hall Kiyotake General Branch (formerly Kiyotake Town Hall)
Miyazaki Gakuen Junior College
Miyazaki International College
University of Miyazaki Kiyotake Campus
University of Miyazaki Hospital
Miyazaki Prefectural Nursing University

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "清武" [Kiyotake]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 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7巻宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 59, 90. ISBN 9784062951661.
^ 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. pp. 759–760. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "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.