Ōitadaigaku-mae Station | |
Native Name: | 大分大学前駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | Dannoharu, Ōita-shi, Ōita-ken, 870-1124 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 33.1772°N 131.6189°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Hōhi Main Line |
Distance: | 138.8 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Structure: | At grade |
Bicycle: | Designated parking area for bikes |
Accessible: | Yes - ramp to platform |
Status: | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
Passengers: | 1,604 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2016 |
Pass Rank: | 113th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Map Type: | Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ōitadaigaku-mae Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 138.8 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is a modern wooden structure equipped with a staffed ticket window, an automatic vending machine and a SUGOCA card reader. After the ticket gate, a long sheltered ramp leads down to the platform, which is located at a lower level.[2] [3]
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 POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4] [5]
JR Kyushu (JNR) opened the station on 23 March 2002 as an additional station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line.[3]
In February 2018, JR Kyushu announced that the station would become unstaffed in the autumn of 2018 after completing barrier-free improvements and introducing the "Smart Support" remote station management scheme.[6]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,604 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 113th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]