Kamegawa Station

Railway station in Beppu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

■ Nippō Main LineDistance114.9 km from KokuraPlatforms1 side + 1 island platformsTracks3 + several sidingsConstructionStructure typeAt gradeParkingAvailableAccessibleYes - footbridge to platform served by elevatorsOther informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened16 July 1911 (1911-07-16)PassengersFY20161,546 dailyRank116th (among JR Kyushu stations) Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Beppu Daigaku towards Kagoshima		Nippō Main Line		Bungo-Toyooka towards Kokura

Location
Kamegawa Station Location within Oita Prefecture Show map of Oita Prefecture Kamegawa Station Kamegawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kamegawa Station (亀川駅, Kamegawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Beppu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. ^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 114.9 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks at grade with several sidings branching off. The station building is located on the west side of the tracks and is a modern hashigami structure where the station facilities are located on a bridge spanning the tracks. An enclosed waiting room, a staffed ticket window and an automatic ticket machine are located all on level 2 of the building which can be accessed from street level by means of steps or an elevator. After the ticket gate, separate sets of elevators lead to the platforms. The bridge also serves as a free passage, with a separate entrance to the station on the west side of the tracks.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Management of 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 booth which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[6]^[7]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Beppu and Ōita
2, 3	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Nakatsu and Kokura

The island platform to the left, side platform to the right. Note the bridge above.
The old station building. This picture was taken in 2008.

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, with Beppu opening as the new southern terminus on 16 July 1911. On the same day, Kamegawa was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. 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.^[8]^[9]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,546 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 116th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[10]

Surrounding area

Kamegawa Onsen
Beppu City Kamegawa Elementary School
Beppu City Northern Junior High School
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University - Many domestic and international students live around Kamegawa Station

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "亀川" [Kamegawa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 30 April 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4巻福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 44, 81. ISBN 9784062951630.
^ "亀川" [Kamegawa]. Retrieved 30 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
^ "亀川駅駅前広場の整備状況" [Development status of Kamegawa Station forecourt]. Beppu City official website. Retrieved 30 April 2018. Much detail of barrier free facilities but also a good overview of the station layout with a high angle photo.
^ "大分支店内各駅" [Stations within the Ōita Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "亀川駅" [Kamegawa Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 30 April 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. 753. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "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.