Tatsutaguchi Station 竜田口駅  | |||||||||||
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 Tatsutaguchi Station in 2007 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 7 Chome Kurokami, Kita-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken, 860-0862 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°49′13″N130°44′48″E / 32.820392°N 130.746675°E /32.820392; 130.746675 | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line | ■Hōhi Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 8.9 km fromKumamoto | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 June 1914; 111 years ago (1914-06-21) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2020 | 557 daily | ||||||||||
| Rank | 203rd (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||||||||
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Tatsutaguchi Station (竜田口駅,Tatsutaguchi-eki) is a passengerrailway station located in theKita-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto,Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated byJR Kyushu.[1][2] It is the nearest train station from Kumamoto University International House, as well as the nearest JR station from Kumamoto university main campus (Kurokami campus).
The station is served by theHōhi Main Line and is located 8.9 km from the starting point of the line atKumamoto.[3]
The station consists of anisland platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a Japanese style wooden structure with a red tile roof. It houses a waiting area and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing. To the south of the station, beyond platform 2, is a disused siding.[2][3]
Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have aMidori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]
| 1 | ■ Hōhi Main Line | forHigo-Ōzu andAso |
| 2 | ■ Hōhi Main Line | for Suizenji andKumamoto |
On 21 June 1914,Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened theMiyagi Light Rail Line (宮地軽便線) (later the Miyagi Line) fromKumamoto eastwards toHigo-Ōzu. On the same day, this station was opened as one of several intermediate stations along the track. By 1928, the track had been extended eastward and had linked up with theInukai Line (犬飼線) which had been built westward fromŌita. On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto to Ōita was designated as theHōhi Main Line. With the privatization ofJapanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[6][7]
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 557 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 203rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]
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