Kitamata Station
# Kitamata Station

Kitamata Station (北俣駅, Kitamata-eki) is a railway station in Soo, Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.

## Lines

The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 403.0 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.

## Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks on a low embankment. The station building is a simple functional shed which is unstaffed and serves only to house a waiting area. From there, a short flight of steps leads up the embankment to the first platform. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.

## Platforms

### JR

| 1 | ■Nippō Main Line | for Miyakonojō and Miyazaki |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | ■Nippō Main Line | for Hayato and Kagoshima-Chūō |

## Adjacent stations

| ← | | Service | | → |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Nippō Main Line |||||
| Takarabe | Takarabe | Local | Ōsumi-Ōkawara | Ōsumi-Ōkawara |

## History

On 28 April 1929, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the Kokuto East Line (国都東線) from Nishi-Miyakonojō to Takarabe. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended to Ōsumi-Ōkawara which opened as the new southern terminus on 1 November 1931. On the same day Kitamata was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. By 1932, the track had been linked up with other networks north and south, and through traffic had been established from Kokura, through this station to Kagoshima. The station and the Kokuto East Line were then absorbed and were designated as part of the Nippō Main Line on 6 December 1932. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.

