Ibii Station

Location
	Ibii Station Location within Miyazaki Prefecture Ibii Station Ibii Station (Japan)

Ibii Station

伊比井駅
Ibii Station; 伊比井駅
	Ibii Station in 2017
General information
Location	Ibii, Nichinan-shi, Miyazaki-ken 887-0111; Japan
Coordinates	31°42′40″N 131°27′22″E / 31.71111°N 131.45611°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nichinan Line
Distance	23.3 km from Minami-Miyazaki
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Sidehill cutting
Accessible	No - steps lead up to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	8 May 1963
Passengers
FY2016	14 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Ibii Station Location within Miyazaki Prefecture Ibii Station Ibii Station (Japan)

Ibii Station (伊比井駅, Ibii-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 23.3 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks on a sidehill cutting grade. The station building is a functional concrete structure of modern design which is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing. From the access road, a flight of steps leads up the cutting to the station building. There is no station forecourt and no parking available at the foot of steps.^[2]^[3]

Platforms

East (Station side)	■ ■ Nichinan Line	for Aburatsu and Shibushi
West	■ ■ Nichinan Line	for Miyazaki and Minami-Miyazaki

A view of the platform and tracks. Note the level crossing from the station building to the platform.

History

The private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened a line on 31 October 1913 between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (a station of the same name but at a different location from this present one). The line and its stations closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from Kitagō towards Minami-Miyazaki using largely the same route. The linkup, which included the reopening of several previously closed stations, was completed on 8 May 1963, and inc whereupon the route was renamed the Nichinan Line. Ibii was one of several new intermediate stations which were also opened on the same day. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.^[4]^[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 14 passengers (boarding only) per day.^[6]

Surrounding area

Udo Jingū

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "伊比井" [Ibii]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 9 May 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7巻宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 55, 95. ISBN 9784062951661.
^ 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. 774. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号九州沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 21, 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
^ "宮崎県統計年鑑鉄道輸送実績（１日平均）" [Miyazaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook Railway Transportation Record (daily average)]. Miyazaki Prefectural Government website. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018. See the table for 平成28年度 [fiscal 2016].