is a passenger

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located in the city of

Bungo-Ōno is a city located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 32,846 in 15706 households, and a population density of 54 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Bungo-Ōno is located in southern Ōit ...

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

Hōhi Main Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, southern Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects the west and east coasts of the island. The line originates at Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto and ends at terminal of Ōita Station ...

and is located 125.2 km from the starting point of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of an

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

serving two tracks. The station building is a small modern functional steel frame structure which is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room with an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.

Platforms

History

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national rail transport, railway system directly operated by the until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Railways Group. Name The English name "Japanese ...

(JGR) had opened the (later Inukai Line) from to on 1 April 1914. The track was extended westwards in phases, with Inukai opening as the new western terminus on 20 July 1917. It became a through-station on 27 MNarch 1921 when the track was extended to . By 1928, the track been extended further west and had linked up with the reaching eastwards from . On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto through Inukai to Ōita was designated as the

. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu. In September 2017, Typhoon Talim (Typhoon 18) damaged the Hōhi Main Line at several locations. Services between Aso and Nakahanda, including Inukai, were suspended and replaced by bus services. Normal rail services between Aso and Ōita were restored by 2 October 2017.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 324 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 299th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area

*Bungo Ono City Hall Inukai Branch Office *Bungo Ono City Inukai Elementary School *Bungo Ono City Inukai Junior High School

References

External links

Inukai (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Ōita Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1917 Bungo-ōno, Ōita {{oita-rail-station-stub