Ōitai Station

Railway station in Ogōri, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

■ Amagi LineDistance4.5 km from KiyamaPlatforms1 side platformTracks1ConnectionsNishitetsu Express BusConstructionStructure typeElevatedOther informationStatusUnstaffedHistoryOpened1 November 1987 (1987-11-01)PassengersFY201860

Location
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Ōitai Station (大板井駅, Ōitai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ogōri, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Amagi Railway, a third sector public-private partnership corporation.^[1]

Lines

The station is served by the Amagi Railway Amagi Line and is located 4.5 km from the start of the line at Kiyama.^[1] All Amagi Line trains stop at the station.^[2]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single elevated track. There is no station building but the platform has a shelter for waiting passengers. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps. A toilet building has been built under the elevated structure. Another flight of steps near the station entrance provides access to the connecting bus stop for the Nishitetsu Express Bus. This stop is located on the Oita Expressway which is at the same level as the elevated railway track.^[3]^[4]^[5]

A view of the station platform and track.
Express bus stop. Note station to the right is at the same level as the highway. The steps descend below the elevated tracks where another flight of steps leads to the station platform.

Platforms

■ Amagi Line

for Kiyama, and Amagi

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Amagi Railway Amagi Line
Ogōri		Local	Matsuzaki

History

Amagi Railway opened the station on 1 November 1987 as an added station on the existing Amagi Line track.^[6]

Surrounding area

Ogōri City Culture Center
Ogōri City Library
Ogōri City Gymnasium
Ogōri City Police Station
Ogōri Post Office
Ogōri City Hall
Aeon Ogōri Shopping Center
Oita Expressway
Japan National Route 500

References

^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 182, 309. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ "甘木鉄道時刻表" [Amagi Railway Timetable] (PDF). www.amatetsu.jp. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
^ "大板井" [Ōitai]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
^ 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. 27, 82. ISBN 9784062951630.
^ "小郡・大板井周辺" [Around Ogōri and Ōitai]. noritai-amatetu.com Website of the Society for the Promotion of the AmagiRailway. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
^ 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. 699. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.