Nakahanda Station 中判田駅  | |||||||||||
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 Nakahanda Station in 2006 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 871-876 Nakahanda, Ōita-shi, Ōita-ken, 870-1113 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°09′52″N131°38′20″E / 33.16444°N 131.63889°E /33.16444; 131.63889 | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line | ■Hōhi Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 136.3 km fromKumamoto | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 + 1 siding | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Designated parking area for bikes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No - footbridge to island platform | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Unstaffed station Smart support station introduction station. | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 April 1914 (1914-04-01) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2016 | 950 daily | ||||||||||
| Rank | 172nd (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||||||||
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Naka-Handa Station (中判田駅,Naka-Handa-eki) is a passengerrailway station located inŌita City,Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated byJR Kyushu.[1][2]
The station is served by theHōhi Main Line and is located 136.3 km from the starting point of the line atKumamoto.[3]
The station consists of anisland platform serving two tracks. The station building is an old wooden structure and houses a waiting area, a staffed ticket window, aSUGOCA charge machine and a SUGOCA card reader. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3]
The station is unstaffed, but there is an automatic ticket vending machine.
| 1 | ■ ■Hōhi Main Line | forBungo-Taketa andKumamoto |
| 2 | ■ ■Hōhi Main Line | forŌita |
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 1 April 1914 as the western terminus of itsInukai Light Rail Line (犬飼軽便線) (later Inukai Line) fromŌita. Naka-Handa became a through-station on 1 September 1916 when the track was extended further west toTakenaka. By 1928, the track had, extended west in phases, had linked up with theMiyagi Line (宮地線) reaching eastwards fromKumamoto. On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto through Naka-Handa to Ōita was designated as theHōhi Main Line. With the privatization ofJapanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, Naka-Handa came under the control of JR Kyushu.[4][5]
In September 2017,Typhoon Talim (Typhoon 18) damaged the Hōhi Main Line at several locations. Services between Aso and Naka-Handa were suspended and replaced by bus services. Rail services were resumed on 2 October 2017.[6]
JR Kyushu had planned to convert Naka-Handa (with several other stations in Ōita City) into an unstaffed, remotely-managed "Smart Support Station" by 17 March 2018 but after opposition from users, this was postponed, pending works to improve accessibility.[7]It was then introduced on July 1, 2023.[8]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 950 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 172nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]
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