Yatsushiro Station

Summary

Yatsushiro Station is a railway station^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.94% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #174 of 18,574).^[2]

Key Facts

• Yatsushiro Station is located in Yatsushiro^[3].
• Yatsushiro Station is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Yatsushiro Station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[5].
• Yatsushiro Station's instance of is recorded as railway station above ground^[6].
• Yatsushiro Station's instance of is recorded as overtaking station^[7].
• Yatsushiro Station's instance of is recorded as Q11429081^[8].
• Yatsushiro Station's instance of is recorded as union station^[9].
• Yatsushiro Station's instance of is recorded as general station^[10].
• Yatsushiro Station's instance of is recorded as contracted station^[11].
• Yatsushiro Station's instance of is recorded as kan'i itaku station^[12].
• Yatsushiro Station's instance of is recorded as last station^[13].
• Yatsushiro Station's instance of is recorded as junction station^[14].
• Yatsushiro Station's instance of is recorded as interchange station^[15].
• Yatsushiro Station's connecting line is recorded as Hisatsu Line^[16].
• Yatsushiro Station's connecting line is recorded as Kagoshima Main Line^[17].
• Yatsushiro Station's connecting line is recorded as Hisatsu Orange Line^[18].
• Yatsushiro Station's founder is recorded as Kyushu Railway^[19].
• Yatsushiro Station is owned by Kyushu Railway Company^[20].
• Yatsushiro Station is owned by Japan Freight Railway Company^[21].
• Yatsushiro Station is owned by Hisatsu Orange Railway^[22].
• Yatsushiro Station is operated by Kyushu Railway Company^[23].
• Yatsushiro Station is operated by Japan Freight Railway Company^[24].
• Yatsushiro Station is operated by Hisatsu Orange Railway^[25].
• Yatsushiro is named after Yatsushiro Station^[26].
• Yatsushiro Station's adjacent station is recorded as Shin-Yatsushiro Station^[27].

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Geography

Yatsushiro Station is in the country of Japan^[4]. It is located in Yatsushiro^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station^[5], railway station above ground^[6], overtaking station^[7], Q11429081^[8], union station^[9], and general station^[10].

History and Context

November 21, 1896 marks the founding of Yatsushiro Station^[28]. Owners include Kyushu Railway Company^[20], a rail company (Japan)^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 1987^[31], headquartered in Hakata-ku^[32]; Japan Freight Railway Company^[21], a rail company (Japan)^[33], in Japan^[34], founded in 1987^[35], headquartered in Sendagaya^[36]; and Hisatsu Orange Railway^[22], a third sector railways^[37], in Japan^[38], founded in 2002^[39], headquartered in Yatsushiro^[40]. Yatsushiro is named after it^[26].

Why It Matters

Yatsushiro Station ranks in the top 0.94% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #174 of 18,574).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]