Higashi-Isahaya Station 東諫早駅 | |
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General information | |
Location | Isahaya-shi, Nagasaki-ken Japan |
Coordinates | 32°51′11″N 130°03′42″E / 32.85306°N 130.06167°E |
Operated by | JR Kyushu |
Line(s) | ■ Nagasaki Main Line |
Distance | 97.8 km from Tosu |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 2 |
Construction | |
Structure type | Embankment |
Accessible | No - steps up embankment |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 24 March 1934 |
Passengers | |
FY2014 | 112 daily |
Location | |
Higashi-Isahaya Station (東諫早駅, Higashiisahaya-eki) is a railway station in Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is served by the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]
The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 97.8 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3]
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks on an embankment. Track 1 is a through-track while track 2 is a passing loop. There is no station building but shelters are provided on both platforms for waiting passengers. From the station entrance, a double flight of steps leads up the embankment to platform 1. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a level crossing.[3][2]
« | Service | » | ||
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Nagasaki Main Line | ||||
Hizen-Nagata | Local | Isahaya |
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) built the station in the 1930s during the development of an alternative route for the Nagasaki Main Line along the coast of the Ariake Sea. In a phase of construction of what was at first called the Ariake West Line, a track was built from Isahaya (on the existing Nagasaki Main Line) north to Yue which opened on 24 March 1934 as the terminus of the track. Higashi-Isahaya was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on this stretch of track. A few months later, link up was made from Yue to Tara (which had been extended south from Hizen-Yamaguchi). With through traffic achieved from Hizen-Yamaguchi on the new route to Nagasaki, the entire stretch of track was designated as part of the Nagasaki Main Line on 1 December 1934. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[4][5]
In fiscal 2014, there were a total of 41,099 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 112 passengers.[6]