is a passenger

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located in the city of

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Ōita Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,081,646 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 6,340 km2 (2,448 sq mi). Ōita Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northwest, K ...

, Japan. It is operated by

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Lines

The station is served by the

Nippō Main Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, in southern Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). Also known as the Fukuhoku Nippo Line, The line connects Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, K ...

and is located 120.8 km from the starting point of the line at .

Limited Express Trains

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( - ) * Nichirin (Hakata - ) * Yufuin-no-mori, Yufu (Hakata - Beppu) * Trans-Kyushu Limited Express (Beppu - )

Layout

Beppu Station has two elevated

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s and four tracks. In the past, two detention tracks were installed between the two island-style platforms, and were used to store trains arriving at and departing from this station. Now that the detention tracks have been removed, there is a large gap between the two platforms, Platforms 2 and 3. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

The private

Kyushu Railway was a company that built and operated railways in Kyushu, one of four main islands of Japan. Most of its lines came under the control of Japanese Government Railways following nationalization in 1907, and many are now operated by 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.

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(JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases, with Beppu opening as the new southern terminus on 16 July 1911. It became a through-station on 1 November 1911 when the track was extended further south to . On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was renamed the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of

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(JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 5,933 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 31st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area

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* Beppu City Hall

References

External links

* {{Nippō Main Line Railway stations in Ōita Prefecture Stations of Kyushu Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1911 Beppu, Ōita