{{short description|Railway station in Bungo-Ōno, Ōita Prefecture, Japan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox station | name = Inukai Station | native_name = 犬飼駅 | native_name_lang= ja | symbol_location= jp | symbol = jrk |style=JR Kyushu | type = | image = JRKyushu Inukai Station.jpg | alt = | caption = Inukai Station in 2007 | address = Inukaimachi Shimotsuo, Bungo-Ōno-shi, Ōita-ken 879-7306 | borough = | country = Japan | coordinates = {{coord|33|04|41|N|131|38|12|E|format=dms|source:kolossus-jawiki|display=title,inline}} | owned = | operator = 20px JR Kyushu | line = {{Color|#b96f30|■}} Hōhi Main Line | distance = 125.2 km from {{STN|Kumamoto|x}} | platforms = 1 island platform | tracks = 2 + 1 siding | structure = At grade | parking = | bicycle = | accessible = | code = | status = Unstaffed | website = {{Official website|1=http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/1191416_1601.html}} | opened = {{Start date|1917|07|20|df=y}} | closed = | rebuilt = | passengers = 324 daily | pass_year = FY2016 | pass_rank = 299th (among JR Kyushu stations) | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR Kyushu|line= Hōhi |left= Sugao|right=Takenaka}} | map_type = Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan | map_dot_label = Inukai Station |mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 17 }} {{nihongo|'''Inukai Station'''|犬飼駅|Inukai-eki}} is a passenger railway station located in the city of Bungo-Ōno, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.<ref name=stationmap>{{cite web|url=http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/pdf/jrkyushu_routemap_en.pdf|title=JR Kyushu Route Map|publisher=JR Kyushu|accessdate=23 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=hacchi/>
==Lines== The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 125.2 km from the starting point of the line at {{STN|Kumamoto|x}}.<ref name=kawashima/>
== Layout == The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is a small modern functional steel frame structure which is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room with an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.<ref name=hacchi>{{cite web|url=http://hacchi-no-he.net/line/houhi/station/0300_inukai.htm|title=犬飼|trans-title=Inukai|accessdate=15 April 2018|website=hacchi-no-he.net}}</ref><ref name=kawashima>{{Cite book|last=Kawashima|first=Ryōzō|script-title=ja: 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第6巻 熊本 大分 エリア|year=2013 |publisher=Kodansha|isbn=9784062951654|trans-title=Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area|language=Japanese|pages=41, 79}}</ref>
===Platforms=== {{ja-rail-line|first=2|pfn=1|nidx={{Color|#b96f30|■}} Hōhi Main Line|dir=for {{STN|Bungo-Taketa|x}} and {{STN|Kumamoto|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3| nidx ={{Color|#b96f30|■}} Hōhi Main Line|dir= for {{STN|Ōita|x}}}}
==History== Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the {{Nihongo|'''Inukai Light Rail Line'''|犬飼軽便線|}} (later Inukai Line) from {{STN|Ōita|x}} to {{STN|Nakahanda|x}} on 1 April 1914. The track was extended westwards in phases, with Inukai opening as the new western terminus on 20 July 1917. It became a through-station on 27 MNarch 1921 when the track was extended to {{STN|Miemachi|x}}. By 1928, the track been extended further west and had linked up with the {{Nihongo|'''Miyagi Line'''|宮地線|}} reaching eastwards from {{STN|Kumamoto|x}}. On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto through Inukai to Ōita was designated as the Hōhi Main Line. 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.<ref>{{Teishajo|I|228}}</ref><ref name=teishajo>{{Teishajo|II|746}}</ref>
In September 2017, Typhoon Talim (Typhoon 18) damaged the Hōhi Main Line at several locations. Services between Aso and Nakahanda, including Inukai, were suspended and replaced by bus services. Normal rail services between Aso and Ōita were restored by 2 October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/common/inc/emergency/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2017/09/29/170929_1002keikaku.pdf|title=10 月２日(月)からの日豊本線・豊肥本線の運転計画について(お知らせ)|trans-title=Operations plan for Nippo Main Line and Hōhi Main Line (notice) |accessdate=2017-10-01|date=29 September 2017|publisher=JR Kyushu|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930180557/http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/common/inc/emergency/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2017/09/29/170929_1002keikaku.pdf|archivedate=30 September 2017}}</ref>
==Passenger statistics== In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 324 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 299th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）|trans-title=Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)|url=http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/company/info/data/pdf/2016jousya.pdf|publisher=JR Kyushu|date=31 July 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801162701/http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/company/info/data/pdf/2016jousya.pdf|archivedate=1 August 2017|accessdate=3 March 2018}}</ref>
==Surrounding area== *Bungo Ono City Hall Inukai Branch Office *Bungo Ono City Inukai Elementary School *Bungo Ono City Inukai Junior High School
==See also== *List of railway stations in Japan
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline}} *[http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/1191416_1601.html Inukai (JR Kyushu)]{{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Railway stations in Bungo-Ōno Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1917
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