Orio Station

JA 19 JC 26 JE 01
Orio Station

折尾駅
JA 19 JC 26 JE 01 ; Orio Station; 折尾駅
	Main station building, east side, September 2012
General information
Location	1-1 Horikawa-machi, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū-shi, Fukuoka-ken; Japan
Coordinates	33°51′49″N 130°42′47″E / 33.86361°N 130.71306°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	JA Kagoshima Main Line; JC Fukuhoku Yutaka Line (Chikuhō Main Line); JE Wakamatsu Line (Chikuhō Main Line);
Distance	30.1 km (18.7 mi) from Mojikō (Kagoshima Main Line); 10.8 km (6.7 mi) from Wakamatsu (Chikuhō Main Line);
Platforms	1 side platform and 3 island platforms
Tracks	7
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Kagoshima Main Line); At grade (Chikuhō Main Line);
Other information
Station code	JA19; JC26; JE01;
Website	Official website
History
Opened	28 February 1891; 133 years ago
Passengers
FY2021	12,541 daily (boarding only)
Rank	5th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
	through to Wakamatsu Line (Chikuhō Main Line)
Location
	Orio Station Location within Fukuoka Prefecture Orio Station Orio Station (Kyushu) Orio Station Orio Station (Japan)

Orio Station (折尾駅, Orio-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan, operated by the JR Kyushu.^[1]

Lines[edit]

Orio Station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and Chikuhō Main Line. It is located 30.1 km from the start of the Kagoshima Main Line at Mojikō and 10.8n kilometers from Kurosaki on the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line and "Wakamatsu Line" portions of the Chikuhō Main Line.^[2]

Station layout[edit]

The two lines serving the station intersect at Orio, and the lines are connected by a spur track. The station therefore consists of two separated blocks: the main building with bi-level platforms at the crossing point, and detached platforms on the spur. The station has a total of three island platforms and one side platform, connected by an elevated station building. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.^[3]

West entrance, June 2011
Takami entrance, October 2009

Platforms[edit]

Main building lower level[edit]

1	■ Wakamatsu Line (Chikuhō Main Line)	for Futajima and Wakamatsu
2	■ Fukuhoku Yutaka Line (Chikuhō Main Line)	for Nakama, Nōgata, Iizuka, and Sasaguri

Main building upper level[edit]

3	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Akama, Hakata, Tosu, Kurume, Ōmuta, and Kumamoto
4	■ Kagoshima Main Line	Local trains running either direction, which allow for limited express trains to pass through this station, and local shuttle trains running between this station and Kokura and/or Mojikō
5	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Kurosaki, Yahata, Space World, Kokura, Mojikō, and Ōita

Limited express trains, including the Sonic, stop here.

Spur track (Takami entrance)[edit]

6	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Kurosaki and Kokura
7	■ Fukuhoku-yutaka Line (Chikuhō Main Line)	for Nakama, Nōgata, Iizuka, and Sasaguri

Lower-level platforms 1 and 2, October 2011
Upper-level platforms 3 to 5, October 2011
Platforms 6 and 7, October 2011

History[edit]

The privately run Kyushu Railway had begun laying down its network on Kyushu in 1889 and by the end of 1890 had a stretch of track from Ongagawa southwards to Kurume. The track was extended northwards from Ongagawa to Kurosaki by 28 February 1891, with Orio being opened on the same day as one of the intermediate stations. On 30 August 1891, Orio also became an intermediate station for the Chikuho Kogyo Railway (later renamed the Chikuho Railway) when it laid a track from Wakamatsu to Nōgata. The Chikuho Railway merged with the Kyushu Railway on 1 October 1897. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Hitoyoshi Main Line and then on 21 November 1909, part of the Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.^[4]^[5]

The station building was rebuilt in 1916, but use of this building was discontinued from 6 October 2012 in preparation for rebuilding work, with operations shifted to a temporary structure.^[6] The station building was scheduled to be demolished during 2012, with the new structure completed in fiscal 2016.^[6]

Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 11,306 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 7th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[7]

Surrounding area[edit]

Orio Police Station
National Route 3
National Route 199

Educational facilities[edit]

Kyushu Kyoritsu University
Kyushu Women's University
University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan
Kyushu Women's Junior College
Orio Aishin Junior College
Fukuoka Prefectural Tochiku High School
Fukuoka Prefectural Orio High School
Jiyugaoka High School

Buses[edit]

Airport buses leave from a bus stop located at the west exit of the main building to the Kitakyushu Airport. Also, there is a Kitakyushu municipal bus terminal for local buses connecting vicinities including Wakamatsu and Ashiya in front of the east exit of main building.

References[edit]

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ 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3巻北九州筑豊エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 Kyushu Chikuhō area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 23, 68. ISBN 9784062951623.
^ "Station Information" (in Japanese). Japan: Kyushu Railway Company. 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 218, 233. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 676, 785. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ ^a ^b 『ありがとう折尾駅舎』開催 ["Thankyou Orio Station Building" event held]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2023.

External links[edit]

Media related to Orio Station at Wikimedia Commons

Orio Station information (JR Kyushu) (in Japanese)

[stationmap-1] "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[kawashima-2] 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3巻北九州筑豊エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 Kyushu Chikuhō area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 23, 68. ISBN 9784062951623.

[jrkyushu-3] "Station Information" (in Japanese). Japan: Kyushu Railway Company. 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

[4] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 218, 233. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[teishajo-5] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 676, 785. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[railfan20121014-6] 『ありがとう折尾駅舎』開催 ["Thankyou Orio Station Building" event held]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

[7] "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2023.

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v t e Stations of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line
Mojikō–Yatsushiro	Mojikō Komorie Moji Kitakyushu Freight Terminal Higashi-Kokura Freight Terminal Kokura Nishi-Kokura Hama-Kokura Freight Terminal Kyūshūkōdaimae Tobata Edamitsu Space World Yahata Kurosaki Jinnoharu Orio Mizumaki Ongagawa Ebitsu Kyōikudaimae Akama Tōgō Higashi-Fukuma Fukuma Chidori Koga Shishibu Shingū-Chūō Fukkōdaimae Kyusandaimae Kashii Chihaya Chihaya Yard Hakozaki Yoshizuka Hakata Takeshita Sasabaru Minami-Fukuoka Kasuga Ōnojō Mizuki Tofurōminami Futsukaichi Tenpaizan Haruda Keyakidai Kiyama Yayoigaoka Tashiro Tosu Hizen-Asahi Kurume Araki Nishimuta Hainuzuka Chikugo-Funagoya Setaka Minami-Setaka Wataze Yoshino Ginsui Ōmuta Arao Minami-Arao Nagasu Ōnoshimo Tamana Higo-Ikura Konoha Tabaruzaka Ueki Nishisato Sōjōdaigakumae Kami-Kumamoto Kumamoto Nishi-Kumamoto Kawashiri Tomiai Uto Matsubase Ogawa Arisa Senchō Shin-Yatsushiro Yatsushiro	JA JB
Sendai–Kagoshima	Sendai Kumanojo Kobanchaya Kushikino Kamimuragakuenmae Ichiki Yunomoto Higashi-Ichiki Ijuin Satsuma-Matsumoto Kami-Ijuin Hiroki Kagoshima-Chuo Kagoshima
Freight Branch	Kashii Chihaya Yard

v t e Stations of the Chikuhō Main Line
JG Haruda Line	Haruda Chikuzen-Yamae Chikuzen-Uchino Kami-Honami Keisen
JC Fukuhoku Yutaka Line	Keisen Tentō Iizuka Shin-Iizuka Urata Namazuta Kotake Katsuno Nōgata Shinnyū Chikuzen-Ueki Kurate Chikuzen-Habu Nakama Higashi-Mizumaki Orio
JE Wakamatsu Line	Orio Honjō Futajima Oku-Dōkai Fujinoki Wakamatsu

v t e Stations of the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line
Kurosaki-Orio-Keisen (Chikuhō Main Line)	Kurosaki Higashi-Orio (Y) Jinnoharu Orio Higashi-Mizumaki Nakama Chikuzen-Habu Kurate Chikuzen-Ueki Shinnyū Nōgata Katsuno Kotake Namazuta Urata Shin-Iizuka Iizuka Tentō Keisen	JC
Keisen-Hakata (Sasaguri Line)	Keisen Chikuzen-Daibu Kurōbaru Kido-Nanzōin-mae Chikuzen-Yamate Sasaguri Kadomatsu Chōjabaru Harumachi Yusu Yoshizuka (Hakata)	JC
(Y):Yard

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Terminals	Rail Hakata Kashii Kokura Kurosaki Nakasu-Kawabata Nishitetsu Fukuoka Orio Tenjin Tenjin-Minami Airports Kitakyushu Airport Fukuoka Airport Saga Airport Kokura Airport Ports Kokura Hakata Shimonoseki
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