Tsurusaki Station

Railway station in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

JR Kyushu
JR Freight

Line(s)■ Nippō Main LineDistance141.0 km from KokuraPlatforms1 island platformTracks2 + several siding (disused)ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeBicycle facilitiesDesignated parking area for bicyclesAccessibleNo - platform accessed by footbridgeOther informationStatusStaffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 April 1914 (1914-04-01)PassengersFY20162,006 dailyRank91st (among JR Kyushu stations) Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Takajō towards Kagoshima		Nippō Main Line		Ōzai towards Kokura

Location
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Tsurusaki Station (鶴崎駅, Tsurusaki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. It is also a freight depot operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight)^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 141.0 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a wooden structure in western style. It houses an enclosed waiting room, a shop, automatic ticket vending machines and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Management of the passenger facilities at 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 window which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[5]^[6]

Platforms

3	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Ōita and Kokura
4	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Saiki, Nobeoka and Miyazaki

View of the platform and tracks. Note the many sidings to the left.
Ticket Gate
Signboard

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Nippō Main Line
Takajō	Local	Ōzai
JR Kyushu Limited Express
Ōita	Sonic	Ōzai
Ōita	Nichirin	Kōzaki

History

The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from Kokura to Yanagigaura. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases. On 1 April 1914, Kōzaki was opened as the new southern terminus after the track had been extended south from Ōita. On the same day, Tsurusaki was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was renamed the Nippō Main Line. 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.^[7]^[8]

JR Kyushu had planned to convert Tsurusaki (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.^[9]It was then introduced on 1 July 2023.^[10]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,006 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 91st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[11]

Surrounding area

Tsurusaki Citizen Administration Center (Oita City Hall Tsurusaki Branch)
Oita Port Joint Government Building
Oita Prefectural Oita Tsurusaki High School
Oita Prefectural Tsurusaki Technical High School
Japan National Route 197

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "鶴崎" [Tsurusaki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 2 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. 44, 81. ISBN 9784062951654.
^ "鶴崎" [Tsurusaki]. Retrieved 2 May 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
^ "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "鶴崎駅" [Tsurusaki Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 2 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. 754. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "大分市内、牧駅除く７駅は無人化先送りＪＲ九州" [With exception of Maki, unstaffing of 7 stations in Ōita City postponed JR Kyushu]. Ōita Gōdō Shimbun. 15 February 2018. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
^ "大分の駅無人化さらに７月からＪＲ九州、５駅で遠隔案内". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ "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.