Ōita Station
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Lines
The station is served by three lines. On the Nippō Main Line it is located 132.9 km from the starting point of the line at Template:STN and on the Kyūdai Main Line it is located 141.5 km from the starting point of that line at Template:STN. It is also the eastern terminus of 148.0 km Hōhi Main Line from Template:STN.[2]
Layout
The station consists of four elevated island platforms serving eight tracks. The station building is located underneath the platforms. The ticket gate is located on the west side near the center of the concourse. An automatic ticket gate has been installed, and it has also been compatible with SUGOCA. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]
Platforms
There are four side platforms and eight island platforms.
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| Template:Rcb Kyūdai Main Line | for Template:STN and Template:STN |
Limited Express Trains
- Sonic (Template:STN - Ōita)
- Nichirin (Hakata - Template:STN)
- Yufuin-no-mori, Yufu (Hakata - Template:STN)
- Trans-Kyushu Limited Express (Beppu - Template:STN)
History
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 1 November 1911 as the southern terminus of its then Script error: No such module "Nihongo". which it had been extending southwards in phases since 1907 when it had acquired the former Kyushu Railway's private track from Template:STN south to Template:STN. Ōita became a through-station on 1 April 1914 when the track was extended further south to Template:STN. On 15 December 1923, this entire stretch of track was redesignated as the Nippo Main Line.[3]
Separately, on 1 April 1914, JGR opened the Script error: No such module "Nihongo". from Ōita westwards to Template:STN. This track later linked up with another built eastwards from Template:STN and the entire stretch was designated as the Hōhi Main Line on 2 December 1928.[4]
The origin of the third line to serve the station, the Kyudai Main Line lay with the private Script error: No such module "Nihongo". which opened a track from Ōita westwards to Template:STN on 30 October 1915. On 1 December 1922, the Daito Railway was nationalized and JGR designated this stretch of track as the Daito Line. By 1934, the track had linked up with a track built eastwards from Template:STN and the entire route was designated the Kyudai Main Line.[5]
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, Ōita came under the control of JR Kyushu.[6]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 19,165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 4th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]
In popular culture
The JR Ōita City station complex was the main subject of an episode in the NHK World English documentary series Japan Railway Journal titled JR Ōita City: The Station Complex that Changed the Game, first broadcast on 15 February 2018. The episode describes how the station complex, which opened in 2015, contributed to increased ridership at the station and also to the economic revitalization of the surrounding area. The same episode also covered the Bungo-Mori Roundhouse Park, located near Bungo-Mori Station.[8]
Surrounding area
- North Entrance
- Oita Prefectural Government Office
- Oita City Hall
- Oasis Hiroba 21 and Oita ANA Hotel OASIS Tower
- Funai Castle
- Building of Red Brick (Oita Bank)
- Oita Chūō Post Office
- Oita Parco and Oita Daiichi Hotel
- Tokiwa Department Store
- Chūōcho Centporta
- Galleria Takemachi
- Funai 5 Bangai
- Oita Washington Hotel Plaza
- Hotel Hokke Club Oita
- National Route 10
- National Route 197 (Chūō-dori main street)
- Oita Station Bus Terminal
- South Entrance
- Oita City Museum of Fine Art
- National Route 210
- Oita Toyo Hotel
References
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External links
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