{{short description|Railway station in Yufu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox station | name = Yufuin Station | native_name = 由布院駅 | native_name_lang= ja | symbol_location= jp | symbol = jrk |style=JR Kyushu | type = | image = Yufuin Station.JPG | alt = | caption = Yufuin Station in March 2005 | address = 8-2 Yufuinchō Kawakita, Yufu-shi, Ōita-ken 879-5114 | borough = | country = Japan | coordinates = {{coord|33|15|45.42|N|131|21|18.33|E|format=dms|source:kolossus-jawiki|display=title,inline}} | owned = | operator = 20px JR Kyushu | line = {{Color|#36b558|■}} Kyūdai Main Line | distance = 99.1 km from {{STN|Kurume|x}} | platforms = 1 side + 1 island platforms | tracks = 3 | structure = At grade | parking = | bicycle = | accessible = Yes | code = | status =Staffed (''Midori no Madoguchi'') | website = {{Official website|1=https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/EkiApp?LISTID=502&EKI=91203100}} | opened = {{Start date|1925|07|29|df=y}} | closed = | former = Kita-Yufuin (to 1950) | passengers = 1167 daily | pass_year = FY2016 | pass_rank = 144th (among JR Kyushu stations) | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR Kyushu|line= Kyūdai |left= Noya |right=Minami-Yufu}} | map_type = Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan | map_dot_label = Yufuin Station |mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 17 }} {{nihongo|'''Yufuin Station'''|由布院駅|Yufuin-eki}} is a passenger railway station located in Yufuin neighborhood of the city of Yufu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR Kyushu.<ref name=stationmap>{{cite web|url=https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/pdf/jrkyushu_routemap_en.pdf|title=JR Kyushu Route Map|publisher=JR Kyushu|accessdate=23 February 2018}}</ref>
==Lines== Yufuin Station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 99.1 km from the starting point of the line at {{STN|Kurume|x}}.<ref name=kawashima/>
===Limited express services=== * ''Yufuin-no-mori'', ''Yufu'' (Hakata - Beppu)
==Station layout== Yufuin Station has one side platform adjacent to the station building and one island platform and one siding. In addition to footbridges, the platforms are connected by slopes and level crossings making them wheelchair accessible.The station has a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office and there is a Yufuin Onsen tourist information center within the station building.<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4巻 福岡エリア|year=2013 |publisher=Kodansha|isbn=9784062951630|trans-title=Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area|language=ja|pages=41, 75}}</ref>
The station building was completed in 1990. It was designed by Arata Isozaki, an architect from Oita Prefecture, and is inspired by a chapel. It has a wooden, black-painted exterior, with a 12 meter high open concourse in the center, and an adjacent waiting room that doubles as an event hall. The concourse and platform can be separated by large, thick glass doors to prevent wind, and the waiting room has floor heating equipment that uses hot spring water.<ref name=kawashima/>
===Platforms=== {{ja-rail-line|first=4|pfn=1, 2, 3|nidx={{Color|#36b558|■}} Kyūdai Main Line|pwidth=75|dir= for {{STN|Hita|x}} and {{STN|Kurume|x}}<br/>for {{STN|Ōita|x}}}}
<gallery> File:Yufuin-sta_No.2-3.jpg|The platforms File:Kyudai Main Line Yufuin Station Foot Spa.jpg|Foot spa on the platform </gallery>
==History== The private {{Nihongo|Daito Railway|大湯鉄道}} had opened a track between {{STN|Ōita|x}} and {{STN|Onoya|x}} in 1915. The Daito Railway was nationalized on 1 December 1922, after which Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook phased westward expansion of the track which, at the time, it had designated as the Daito Line. By 1923, the track had reached {{STN|Yunohira|x}} and then, on 29 July 1925, Yufuin (then known as Kita-Yufuin) was established as the new western terminus. The station became a through-station on 26 November 1926 when the track was extended to {{STN|Noya|x}}. On 15 November 1934, when the Daito Line had linked up with the Kyudai Main Line further west, JGR designated the station as part of the Kyudai Main Line. On 1 January 1950, the station was renamed Yufuin. 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|227}}</ref><ref name=teishajo>{{Teishajo|II|741}}</ref>
==Passenger statistics== In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,167 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 144th 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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801162701/http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/company/info/data/pdf/2016jousya.pdf|archive-date=1 August 2017|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>
==Surrounding area== * Yufu City Hall Yufuin Government Building (formerly Yufuin Town Hall) *Yufuin Community Center (Yufu City Central Community Center) *Yufuin Onsen *Yufu City Yufuin Elementary School
==See also== *List of railway stations in Japan
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline}} *[https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/1191928_1601.html Yufuin (JR Kyushu)]{{in lang|ja}}
{{Kyūdai Main Line}}
Category:Railway stations in Yufu Category:Stations of Kyushu Railway Company Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1925