Tayoshi Station

Railway station in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

■ Nichinan Line
■Miyazaki Kūkō Line

Distance

2.0 km from Minami-Miyazaki (Nichinan Line)
0.0 km (start of the Miyazaki Kūkō Line)

Platforms1 island platformTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeAccessibleNo - level crossing to platform has stepsOther informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened31 October 1913 (1913-10-31)PassengersFY201637 daily Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Minami-Miyazaki Terminus		Nichinan Line		Minamikata towards Shibushi
Terminus		Miyazaki Kūkō Line		Miyazaki Airport Terminus

Location
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Tayoshi Station (田吉駅, Tayoshi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is the junction between the Nichinan Line and the Miyazaki Kūkō Line.^[1]^[2]

Lines

Tayoshi Station is the official starting point of the 1.4 kilometer Miyazaki Kūkō Line and is also served by the Nichinan Line whose starting point is 2 km (1.2 mi) to the north at Minami-Miyazaki.^[3]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks set in a largely rural area with a view of the nearby Miyazaki Airport beyond some fields. There is no station building. A small shed beside the tracks on the access path serves as a waiting room. Access to the island platform from the path is by means of a level crossing with steps at the platform end.^[2]^[3]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nichinan Line	for Minami-Miyazaki and Miyazaki
2	■ ■Miyazaki Kūkō Line	for Miyazaki Airport
2	■ ■ Nichinan Line	for Aburatsu and Shibushi

The waiting room of the station.
A view of Miyazaki Airport from the station platform.

History

The private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 31 October 1913 as an intermediate station on a line it had laid between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (now closed). The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from Kitagō towards Minami-Miyazaki on the same route and reopened Tayoshi as an intermediate station on 8 May 1963 but closed it on 1 October 1971. In 1996 JR Kyushu built a branch line from this location to Miyazaki Airport and reopened the station on 18 July 1996 as the starting point of the Miyazaki Kūkō Line.^[4]^[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 37 passengers (boarding only) per day.^[6]

Surrounding area

Miyazaki City Akae Junior High School
Miyazaki City Hall Akae Regional Center

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "田吉" [Tayoshi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 7 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. 52, 94, 97. ISBN 9784062951661.
^ 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. pp. 773, 776. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号九州沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
^ "宮崎県統計年鑑鉄道輸送実績（１日平均）" [Miyazaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook Railway Transportation Record (daily average)]. Miyazaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 6 May 2018. See the table for 平成28年度 [fiscal 2016].