Furugō Station


Furugō Station is a railway station in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Kyudai Main Line.

History

The private Daito Railway opened a track from to on 30 October 1915. This station was opened on the same day as one of several intermediate stations along the track. On 1 December 1922, the Daito Railway was nationalized and absorbed into Japanese Government Railways, which closed the station. The station was reopened on 13 March 1988 by JR Kyushu, which had assumed control of the line and assets after the Japanese National Railways was privatized on 1 April 1987.

Lines

The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 138.9 km from the starting point of the line at.

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building. The shelter on the platform has a ticket window which is now unstaffed. An automatic ticket vending machine, a SUGOCA charge machine and a SUGOCA card reader are provided.

Adjacent stations

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 450 passengers daily, and it ranked 255th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.