Bungo-Taketa Station

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 88.0 km from the starting point of the line at {{STN|Kumamoto|x}}.

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks on a side hill cutting. The station building is a wooden structure of traditional Japanese design located at a lower level. It houses a waiting room and a JR Kyushu Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket window . Access to the platform is by means of an underpass which leads beneath and up to the platform. Several sidings run to the north of the platform.{{cite web|url=http://hacchi-no-he.net/line/houhi/station/0240_bungotaketa.htm|title=豊後竹田|trans-title=Bungo-Taketa|accessdate=17 April 2018|website=hacchi-no-he.net}}{{Cite book|last=Kawashima|first=Ryōzō|script-title=ja: 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第6巻 熊本 大分 エリア|year=2013 |publisher=Kodansha|isbn=9784062951654|trans-title=Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area|language=Japanese|pages= 38, 79}}{{cite web|url=http://jr-mars.dyndns.org/view/station/view1.php?stat_no=600285|title=豊後竹田駅|trans-title=Bungo-Taketa Station|accessdate=17 April 2018|website=jr-mars.dyndns.org}} See images of tickets sold.

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file:BungotaketaStation2.JPG|A view of the sidings north of the platform.

BungotaketaStation.JPG|Platform at night

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the {{Nihongo|Inukai Light Rail Line|犬飼軽便線|}} (later Inukai Line) from {{STN|Ōita|x}} to {{STN|Nakahanda|x}} on 1 April 1914. The track was extended westwards in phases, with this station opening as the new western terminus on 15 October 1924 with the name Bungo-Takeda (same kanji characters but with a different reading). It became a through-station on 30 November 1925 when the line was extended to {{STN|Tamarai|x}}. By 1928, the track had been extended further west and had linked up with the {{Nihongo|Miyagi Line|宮地線|}} reaching eastwards from {{STN|Kumamoto|x}}. On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto through this station to Ōita was designated as the Hōhi Main Line. On 1 October 1969, the reading of the station name was changed to Bungo-Taketa, with no change to the Kanji characters. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.{{Teishajo|I|228}}{{Teishajo|II|745-6}}

On 17 September 2017, Typhoon Talim (Typhoon 18) damaged the Hōhi Main Line at several locations. Services between Aso and Nakahanda, including Bungo-Taketa, were suspended and replaced by bus services. Rail service from Aso through this station to Miemachi was restored by 22 September 2017{{Cite web|url=https://response.jp/article/2017/09/22/300113.html|title=豊肥本線の運休区間が縮小…阿蘇～三重町間再開|trans-title=Zone of suspended services on Hōhi Main Line reduced. Aso to Miemachi reopens|accessdate=15 April 2018|date=22 September 2017|publisher=Response.jp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002021236/https://response.jp/article/2017/09/22/300113.html|archivedate=2 October 2017}} Normal rail services between Aso and Ōita were restored by 2 October 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/common/inc/emergency/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2017/09/29/170929_1002keikaku.pdf|title=10 月２日(月)からの日豊本線・豊肥本線の運転計画について(お知らせ)|trans-title=Operations plan for Nippo Main Line and Hōhi Main Line (notice) |accessdate=2017-10-01|date=29 September 2017|publisher=JR Kyushu|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930180557/http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/common/inc/emergency/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2017/09/29/170929_1002keikaku.pdf|archivedate=30 September 2017}}

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 375 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 277th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.{{Cite web |title=駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）|trans-title=Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)|url=http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/company/info/data/pdf/2016jousya.pdf|publisher=JR Kyushu|date=31 July 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801162701/http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/company/info/data/pdf/2016jousya.pdf|archivedate=1 August 2017|accessdate=3 March 2018}}

• Takeda City Hall

• List of railway stations in Japan

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• [http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/1191852_1601.html Bungo-Taketa (JR Kyushu)]{{in lang|ja}}

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Category:Railway stations in Ōita Prefecture

Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1924

Category:Taketa, Ōita

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