Tano Station (Miyazaki)

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

Tano Station

田野駅
Kyushu Railway Company
Tano Station in 2007
General information
LocationTanocho, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki-ken, 889-1701
Japan
Coordinates31°50′16″N 131°18′17″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nippō Main Line
Distance358.0 km from Kokura
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleNo - island platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 October 1916 (1916-10-25)
Passengers
FY201614 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Hyūga-Kutsukake
towards Kagoshima
 Nippō Main Line Aoidake
towards Kokura
Location
Tano Station is located in Miyazaki Prefecture
Tano Station
Tano Station
Location within Miyazaki Prefecture
Tano Station is located in Japan
Tano Station
Tano Station
Tano Station (Japan)

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 358.0 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform and an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is timber structure of traditional Japanese design with a double tiled roof. Half of the building houses a cafe while the other half has a houses a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3]

Platforms
1, 2 ■ ■ Nippō Main Line for Miyakonojō and Kagoshima-Chūō
1, 3 ■ ■ Nippō Main Line for Minami-Miyazaki and Miyazaki

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Miyazaki Line from Yoshimatsu to Miyakonojō on 8 October 1913. The track was extended east in phases, with Aoidake opening as the new terminus on 21 March 1916. On 25 October 1916, Aoidake linked up with a track from Miyazaki at Kiyotake. On the same day, Tano was opened as an intermediate station on this new stretch. The line was renamed the Miyazaki Main Line on 21 September 1917. By 1923, the track from Miyazaki 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 Tano, was designated as part of the Nippō Main Line. Freight operations were discontinued in 1971 and baggahe handling in 1985, after which the station was unattended. 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.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 600 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 225th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]

Surrounding area
  • Miyazaki City Hall Tano General Branch (Former Tano Town Hall)
  • Miyazaki City Tano Elementary School
  • Miyazaki City Tano Junior High School

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "田野" [Tano]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. 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. 58, 91. ISBN 9784062951661.
  4. 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.
  5. 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. 760. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  6. "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.

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