Sugao Station

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 117.3 km from the starting point of the line at {{STN|Kumamoto|x}}.

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks with a siding. The station building is a modern wooden structure which is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room with an automatic ticket vending machine. A ramp leads up to the station building from the forecourt but access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge.{{cite web|url=http://hacchi-no-he.net/line/houhi/station/0290_sugao.htm|title=菅尾|trans-title=Sugao|accessdate=15 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=41, 79}}

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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 {{STN|Miemachi|x}} opening as the new western terminus on 27 March 1921. On the same day, Sugao was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. By 1928, the track 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 Sugao to Ōita was designated as the Hōhi Main Line. 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|746}}

In September 2017, Typhoon Talim (Typhoon 18) damaged the Hōhi Main Line at several locations. Services between Aso and Nakahanda, including Sugao, were suspended and replaced by bus services. 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 2015, there were a total of 69,416 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 190 passengers.{{cite web|url=http://www.pref.oita.jp/site/toukei/h2811.html|title=平成28年版 大分県統計年鑑 11 運輸および通信|trans-title=Oita Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition Section 11 Transportation and Communications|accessdate=8 April 2018|website=Oita Prefectural Government website}} See table 128 Transport situation by individual railway stations (JR Kyushu JR Freight).

• Bungo-Ono City Sugao Elementary School
• Sugao Stone Buddha
• Japan National Route 326

• List of railway stations in Japan

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Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1921

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