Higo Kouda Station

Higo Kouda Station^{[note 1]}

肥後高田駅
ひごこうだ
Higo Kouda Station; 肥後高田駅; ひごこうだ;
	Station in 2006
General information
Location	Yatsushiro; Kumamoto Prefecture; Japan
Coordinates	32°28′31″N 130°36′45″E / 32.4752680°N 130.6124856°E
Operated by	Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Hisatsu Orange Railway
Distance	4.8 km from Yatsushiro; 4.8 km from Yatsushiro;
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Website	Official (in Japanese)
History
Opened	17 July 1933; 90 years ago
Original company	Japanese Government Railways

Higo Kouda Station (肥後高田駅, Higo Kōda-eki)^{[note 1]} is a train station in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the third sector Hisatsu Orange Railway^[3] that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai.^[4]^[5]

Station layout edit

The station consists of two platforms at street level. Platform 1 services trains bound for Yatsushiro, platform 2 for trains to Sendai.^[3]

«	Service	»
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Yatsushiro	Local	Hinagu Onsen
Rapid Express Super Orange: Does not stop at this station

^ ^a ^b The official Hisatsu Orange Railway site, platform signage, and station guides list the romanised spelling as Hiko Kouda, though Higo Kōda and Higokoda are also common usage.

^ "Node: Higokoda (2012815067)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
^ "肥後高田駅" [Higo Kouda Station]. レイルラボ | RailLab (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
^ ^a ^b "時刻表・各駅案内 - 肥後高田駅" [Timetables and Station Guide - Higo Kouda]. 肥薩おれんじ鉄道 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
^ "肥薩おれんじ鉄道" [Hisatsu Orange Railway]. Hisatsu Orange Railway (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
^ "肥後高田駅" [Higo Kouda Station]. 駅探 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-11-14.