Minami-Arao Station 南荒尾駅 | |||||
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![]() Minami Station in 2007 | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 32°57′57″N 130°25′58″E / 32.9658°N 130.4328°E / 32.9658; 130.4328 | ||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||
Line(s) | ■ Kagoshima Main Line, | ||||
Distance | 154.8 km from Mojikō | ||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||
Parking | Available | ||||
Accessible | No - platforms linked by footbridge | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1 May 1950 (1950-05-01) | ||||
Passengers | |||||
FY2016 | 407 daily | ||||
Rank | 266th (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||
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Minami-Arao Station (南荒尾駅, Minami-Arao-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]
The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 154.8 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.[3] Both local and rapid services on the line stop at the station.
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The station building is a simple steel and glass structure which is unstaffed and serves only to house a waiting room, an automatic ticket vending machine and a Sugoca card reader. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3][4]
← | Service | → | ||
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Kagoshima Main Line | ||||
Arao | Local | Nagasu | ||
Arao | Rapid | Nagasu |
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks.[3]
Japanese National Railways (JGR) opened the station on 1 May 1950 as an additional station on the existing track of the Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[5]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 407 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 266th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]