Beppu Station
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Oita Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan on Kyūshū Island. The prefectural capital is the city of Ōita.- History :Around the 6th century Kyushu consisted of four regions: Tsukushi-no-kuni 筑紫国, Hi-no-kuni 肥国, and Toyo no kuni...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, which is famous for its onsen
Onsen
An is a term for hot springs in the Japanese language, though the term is often used to describe the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs. As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsen scattered along its length and breadth...
. It is situated on the Nippō Main Line
Nippo Main Line
frame|Nippō Main LineThe is a railway line in Kyūshū, in southern Japan. Part of the Kyushu Railway Company system, it follows the east coast of the island. The line originates at Kokura Station in Kokura, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka...
. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by JR Kyūshū.
Limited Express Trains
- SonicSonic (train)is the name used by Kyushu Railway Company for the limited express train service operating between Hakata and Ōita via Kokura and Beppu along the Kagoshima Main Line and Nippō Main Line in Kyūshū, Japan...
(HakataHakata StationHakata Station , located in Hakata-ku, is the main railway terminal of the city of Fukuoka, Japan. It is the largest and busiest station on Kyūshū, and is a gateway to other cities in Kyūshū for travellers from Honshū. The Sanyō Shinkansen from Osaka ends at this station...
- ŌitaOita Stationis a JR Kyushu railway station located in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.The station opened on November 1, 1911.-Limited Express Trains:* Sonic * Nichirin * Yufuin-no-mori, Yufu...
) - NichirinNichirinThe is a limited express train service in Japan operated by JR Kyushu which runs to Kokura and Beppu from Miyazaki and Miyazaki Airport.The Dream Nichirin overnight train service from Hakata and Miyazaki Airport was discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on March 12, 2011....
(Hakata - MiyazakiMiyazaki Stationis a JR Kyushu railway station located in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.The central station of the prefectural capital is served by the Nippō Main Line connecting Fukuoka Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture...
) - Yufuin-no-mori, YufuYufuin-no-mori, and are limited express train services operated by Kyushu Railway Company which run from Hakata via Yufuin to Ōita and Beppu.-Rolling stock:* KiHa 71 series DMU: 1989 - present...
(Hakata - Beppu) - Trans-Kyushu Limited Express (Beppu - HitoyoshiHitoyoshi Stationis a train station of JR Kyushu Hisatsu Line and Kumagawa Railroad Yunomae Line in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, Japan.The name of the Yunomae Line station is officially , which was renamed from Hitoyoshi Station on April 1, 2009.- Lines :*Kyushu Railway Company...
)
Layout
There is two side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s and four island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
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