Yoake Station
Lines. Yoake Station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 39.1 km from the starting point of the line at . It is also the southern terminus of the Hitahikosan Line, 68.7 km from the starting point at . Layout. The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks on a side hill cutting. The station building is a modern structure but built in traditional Japanese style with a tiled roof, tiled entrance portico and verandah at the side. It is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. A flight of  steps leads up the side hill cutting to the station building from the access road (National Route 386). Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. History. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the Kyudai Main Line on 24 December 1928 with a track between and and had extended the line east to by 11 July 1931. In a further phase of expansion, the track was extended east with Yoake opening as the eastern terminus on 12 March 1932. It became a through-station on 3 March 1934 when the track was extended to . On 22 August  1937 JGR opened the Hitosan Line from Yoake north to . On 1 April 1960, this track was linked to tracks further north and became part of the Hitahikosan 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. In July 2017, torrential rainfall led to the tracks of the Hitahikosan Line from to Yoake being covered with mud and debris. Train services along this sector were cancelled. JR Kyushu has not announced a date for the resumption of service apart from stating that the suspension  will be for an indefinite period. Passenger statistics. In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 13,265 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 36 passengers.