is a passenger

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located in the Chūō-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto,

Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture t ...

, 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 5.8 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 at grade. The station building is integrated within a modern multi-storey building with many shops and commercial tenants as well as apartments on the upper floors. The station itself is located on level 2 and includes an enclosed waiting room and a staffed ticket window. A passageway leads to a flight of steps which connects to the island platform. The same passageway also serves to connect to a second entrance to the station serving the street on the other side of the tracks. There is also elevator access to the station from street level and from the station to the platform. Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facility.

Platforms

file:Suizenji station 3.jpg, A view of the station platform and tracks. Note the passageway in the distance which leads to the second station entrance. file:Suizenji station 2.jpg, The second station entrance, on the north side of the tracks.

History

On 21 June 1914,

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) opened the (later the Miyagi Line) from eastwards to . On the same day, this station was opened as one of several intermediate stations along the track. By 1928, the track had been extended eastward and had linked up with the which had been built westward from . On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 2538 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 58th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area

Suizen-ji Jōju-en is a '' tsukiyama'' Japanese garden located within in the eastern part of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It was built during the Edo period by the Hosokawa clan, the ''daimyō'' of Kumamoto Domain. It is commonly known as ...

Kumamoto Gakuen University called Gakuendai (学園大) or Shōdai (商大), is a private Japanese university in Kumamoto, Japan. It was established in 1942, at which time Eastern Language Vocational College (東洋語学専門学校 ''Tōyō Gengo Senmon Gakkō'') wa ...

References

External links

Suizenji (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Kumamoto Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1914 Buildings and structures in Kumamoto {{Kumamoto-railstation-stub