Satsuma Ohkawa Station

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	Satsuma Ohkawa Station Location within Kagoshima Prefecture Satsuma Ohkawa Station Satsuma Ohkawa Station (Japan)

Satsuma Ohkawa Station^{[note 1]}

薩摩大川駅
さつまおおかわ
Satsuma Ohkawa Station; 薩摩大川駅; さつまおおかわ;
	Satsuma Ohkawa Station building in 2007
General information
Location	Okawa, Akune-shi, Kagoshima-ken 899-1741; Japan
Coordinates	31.9494649°N 130.2191016°E
Operated by	Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Hisatsu Orange Railway
Distance	95.7 km from Yatsushiro; 3.5 km from Ushinohama;
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	15 December 1936
Original company	Japanese Government Railways
Location
Location
	Satsuma Ohkawa Station Location within Kagoshima Prefecture Satsuma Ohkawa Station Satsuma Ohkawa Station (Japan)

Satsuma Ohkawa Station (薩摩大川駅, Satsuma Ōkawa-eki)^{[note 1]} is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the It is operated by third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway.^[3]^[4]

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The station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai.^[5]^[6] It is located 95.7 km from the starting point of the line at Yatsushiro.^[3]

The station consists of two side platforms and two tracks. It is an unattended station, with a two-story station building made of concrete blocks. Because the tracks are located on a higher level, the second floor of the station building is a waiting room facing the platform. Because the switch on the river side is inside a tunnel, the tunnel entrance is double track and the exit (towards Kawauchi) is single track, which is unusual.

Platforms

1	■ ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway	for Sendai
1	■ ■Hisatsu Orange Railway	for Akune, Izumi, Minamata, and Yatsushiro

Station sign
View of station platforms

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Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Ushinohama	–	Nishikata
Rapid Express Ocean Liner Satsuma: Does not stop at this station

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Satsuma Ohkawa Station was opened on 15 December 1936 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.

The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 13 people. ^[7]

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Akune City Okawa Elementary School
Akune City Hall Okawa Branch Office

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[N 1]
On 1 October 2019 the official Hisatsu Orange Railway site, platform signage, and station guides were changed to list the Romanised spelling Satsuma Ōkawa, although the previously romanization of Satsuma Ohkawa, remains in common usage.

[1]
"Node: Satsuma-Okawa (1931354149)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
[2]
"薩摩大川駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
[3]
Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道四国・九州ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻長崎佐賀エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
[4]
"薩摩大川駅" [Satsuma Ohkawa Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
[5]
"About Orange Railway". Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
[6]
"肥後高田駅". 駅探 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-14.
[7]
National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.

Media related to Satsuma-Ōkawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
Official Hisatsu Orange Railway site (in Japanese)
Yahoo! Japan Transit station guide

[spelling-1] [N 1]
On 1 October 2019 the official Hisatsu Orange Railway site, platform signage, and station guides were changed to list the Romanised spelling Satsuma Ōkawa, although the previously romanization of Satsuma Ohkawa, remains in common usage.

[openstreetmap-2] [1]
"Node: Satsuma-Okawa (1931354149)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.

[raillab-3] [2]
"薩摩大川駅". [レイルラボ | RailLab] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.

[kawashima-4] [3]
Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道四国・九州ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻長崎佐賀エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.

[hacchi-5] [4]
"薩摩大川駅" [Satsuma Ohkawa Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[official-english-6] [5]
"About Orange Railway". Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-11-14.

[ekitan-7] [6]
"肥後高田駅". 駅探 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-14.

[8] [7]
National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.

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