is a railway station on the Kyudai Main Line in Yufu, Ōita, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). Lines Yufuin Station is served by the Kyudai Main Line. Limited express services Yufuin-no-mori, Yufu (Hakata - Beppu) Station layout The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. History The private had opened a track between and in 1915. The Daito Railway was nationalized on 1 December 1922, after which Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook phased westward expansion of the track which, at the time, it had designated as the Daito Line. By 1923, the track had reached and then, on 29 July 1925, Yufuin (then known as Kita-Yufuin) was established as the new western terminus. The station became a through-station on 26 November 1926 when the track was extended to . On 15 November 1934, when the Daito Line had linked up with the Kyudai Main Line further west, JGR designated the station as part of the Kyudai Main Line. On 1 January 1950, the station was renamed Yufuin. 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. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,167 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 144th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu. See also List of railway stations in Japan References External links Yufuin (JR Kyushu) Railway stations in Ōita Prefecture Stations of Kyushu Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1925