is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

located in the city of Uto,

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

JR Kyushu The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait be ...

Lines

The station is served by the Misumi Line and is located 7.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of two opposed

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

s connected by a level crossing. There used to be a wooden station building, but it was destroyed in a typhoon and was removed. Each platform has a waiting room, and the platform for Kumamoto has an automatic ticket vending machine.

Platforms

Kumamoto Sumiyoshi Station 2.JPG, Platforms

History

Sumiyoshi Station was opened by the

Japanese Government Railway The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national 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 Government Rail ...

on 25 December 1899. The line was nationalized in 1907. Following the privatization of the

Japan 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 ...

on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area

* Japan National Route 57

References

External links

Sumiyoshi Station (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Kumamoto Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1899 Uto, Kumamoto {{Kumamoto-railstation-stub