Naomi Station | |
Native Name: | 直見駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | Naokawa Oaza Shimonaomi, Saiki-shi, Ōita-ken 879-3103 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 32.9283°N 131.8078°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Nippō Main Line |
Distance: | 208.8 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 + 1 siding |
Structure: | Low embankment |
Accessible: | No - platform accessed by footbridge |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 4 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2015 |
Map Type: | Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Naomi Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Saiki, Ōita, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 208.8 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks, with a siding. There is no station building. A short flight of steps leads up from the access road to a small forecourt from where a footbridge gives access to the island platform which has a shelter for waiting passengers.[2] [3]
The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from to . 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 Gōnohara (today) opening as the new southern terminus on 20 November 1920. On the same day, Naomi was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was renamed the Nippō Main Line. 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.
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 1,628 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 4 passengers.[4]