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The track was extended further north with Aburatsu opening as the northern terminus on 19 April 1937. It became a through-station on 28 October 1941 when the track was extended to Kitagō. The route was designated the Nichinan Line on 8 May 1963. Freight operations were discontinued in 1982 and baggage handling in 1985.
In 1999, a 12-meter wharf was completed at the eastern head of Aburatsu port. Aburatsu's increasing role as a harbor has made it a regular stopover for both domestic and foreign ships, [citation needed] and it is becoming an authentic international trading port. From 2001 to 2010, a general plan for the future of Nichinan was drawn up, with the ...
Aerial photograph of Obi castle town. Obi district was originally a Fujiwara Shōen that was developed in the Heian period. [1] It was located at a strategic location, with the important ports of Aburatsu (油津) and Sotonoura (外之浦) to the south, and the second largest city in this region, Miyakonojō, to the west. [2]
The Miyazaki Prefectural Government opened the first section of the line from Obi - Aburatsu in 1913, the same year that the Miyazaki Light Railway was opened from the port of Miyazaki to Uchiumi. The lines were linked in 1932, and nationalised in 1935. The extension to Kitago opened in 1941, and to Shibushi (as a passenger only section) in 1963.
The private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 31 October 1913 as an intermediate station on a line it had laid between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (now closed).
The line was then extended northwards in phases, reaching Aburatsu by 1937. The track was extended further north with Kitagō opening as the northern terminus on 28 October 1941. Obi was one of several intermediate stations opened on the same day on the new track. Freight operations were discontinued in 1960.
The track was extended further north with Ōdōtsu opening as the northern terminus on 1 March 1936. It became a through-station on 19 April 1937 when the track was extended to Aburatsu. Freight operations were discontinued in 1960. The route was designated the Nichinan Line on 8 May 1963.
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