| Yoake Station | |
| Native Name: | 夜明駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | 1802 Yoake, Hita-shi, Ōita-ken 877-1112 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 33.3196°N 130.8662°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Kyūdai Main Line |
| Distance: | 39.1 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
| Tracks: | 3 |
| Structure: | At grade (side hill cutting) |
| Status: | Unstaffed |
| Passengers: | 36 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2015 |
| Map Type: | Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Yoake Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station operated by JR Kyushu in the city of Hita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It was formerly the junction between the Kyudai Main Line and the Hitahikosan Line.[1]
Yoake Station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 39.1 km from the starting point of the line at . It was the southern terminal station terminus of the 68.7 km Hitahikosan Line, connecting Hita with at ; however, that line was discontinued after torrential rains damaged the track in July 2017, and was replaced by a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service in 2023.
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks on a side hill cutting. The station building is a modern structure but built in traditional Japanese style with a tiled roof, tiled entrance portico and verandah at the side. It is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. A flight of steps leads up the side hill cutting to the station building from the access road (National Route 386). Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2] [3] [4]
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Kyudai Main Line on 24 December 1928 with a track between and and had extended the line east to by 11 July 1931. In a further phase of expansion, the track was extended east with Yoake opening as the eastern terminus on 12 March 1932. It became a through-station on 3 March 1934 when the track was extended to . On 22 August 1937 JGR opened the Hitosan Line from Yoake north to . On 1 April 1960, this track was linked to tracks further north and became part of the Hitahikosan Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.
In July 2017, torrential rainfall led to the tracks of the Hitahikosan Line from to Yoake being covered with mud and debris. Train services along this sector were cancelled.[5] [6] The Hitahikosan Line was replaced by a BRT service in 2023.
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 13,265 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 36 passengers.[7]