Ōita Station | |
Native Name: | 大分駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | 1-1 Kanamemachi, Ōita-shi, Ōita-ken |
Country: | Japan |
Platforms: | 4 island platforms |
Tracks: | 8 |
Structure: | Elevated |
Passengers: | 13,724 daily (boarding only) |
Pass Year: | FY2021 |
Pass Rank: | 4th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Map Type: | Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ōita Station |
is a junction passenger railway station located in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
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 and on the Kyūdai Main Line it is located 141.5 km from the starting point of that line at . It is also the eastern terminus of 148.0 km Hōhi Main Line from .
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]
There are four side platforms and eight island platforms.
1 | (Limited express) | for, and |
Nippō Main Line (Local trains) | for and | |
2 | Nippō Main Line (Limited express) | for and |
Nippō Main Line (Local trains) | for and | |
3 | Nippō Main Line (Limited express) | for and |
Nippō Main Line (Local trains) | for and | |
4 • 5 | Nippō Main Line | for and |
for and | ||
Hōhi Main Line (Local trains) | for and | |
6 • 7 • 8 | Hōhi Main Line | for and |
Kyūdai Main Line | for and | |
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 1 November 1911 as the southern terminus of its then which it had been extending southwards in phases since 1907 when it had acquired the former Kyushu Railway's private track from south to . Ōita became a through-station on 1 April 1914 when the track was extended further south to . On 15 December 1923, this entire stretch of track was redesignated as the Nippo Main Line.
Separately, on 1 April 1914, JGR opened the from Ōita westwards to . This track later linked up with another built eastwards from and the entire stretch was designated as the Hōhi Main Line on 2 December 1928.
The origin of the third line to serve the station, the Kyudai Main Line lay with the private which opened a track from Ōita westwards to 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 and the entire route was designated the Kyudai Main Line.
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, Ōita came under the control of JR Kyushu.
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.[3]
The JR Ōita City station complex was the main subject of an episode in the NHK World English documentary series Japan Railway Journal. The episode was titled JR Ōita City: The Station Complex that Changed the Game and was 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.[4]