Akamizu Station


Akamizu Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Aso, Kumamoto, Japan. It Is operated by JR Kyushu.
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Lines

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 40.2 km from the starting point of the line at.

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade with a siding. The platform is accessed by a level crossing. The station building was a wooden structure of traditional Japanese design with a red tiled roof and housed a ticket window and a waiting room. This was damaged by earthquake in 2016 and has since been demolished.

History

On 21 June 1914, Japanese Government Railways opened the Miyaji Light Rail Line from eastwards to. The line was extended eastward in phases and Miyaji was established as the eastern terminal on 25 January 1918. On the same day, Akamizu was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. On 2 December 1928, Miyaji was linked up with, the western terminus of the Inukai Line, which had been extended westwards in phases from since 1914. Through-traffic was established between Kumamoto and Ōita. The two lines were merged and the entire stretch redesignated as the Hōhi Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, Akamizu station came under the control of JR Kyushu.
Because of track damage from the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, service between to was suspended from April 2016. Service between Aso and Bungo-Ogi was restored by 9 July 2016. The station building at Akamizu was heavily damaged. JR Kyushu declared that the structure was old and unsafe and had it demolished in November 2016. The sector between Higo-Ōzu and Aso remained closed. JR Kyushu commenced the repair work, starting first with the track from Higo-Ōzu to Tateno.
On 8 August 2020, JR Kyushu reopened the Higo-Ōzu to Aso section of the line, permitting access between Aso and Kumamoto.

Surrounding area