Hizen-Nagata Station 肥前長田駅 | |||||
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Railway station | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 32°51′42″N 130°04′49″E / 32.8616°N 130.0802°E | ||||
Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||
Line(s) | ■ Nagasaki Main Line | ||||
Distance | 95.6 km from Tosu | ||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
Tracks | 2 + 1 siding | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||
Accessible | No - platforms linked by footbridge | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 24 March 1934 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
FY2014 | 135 daily | ||||
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Hizen-Nagata Station (肥前長田駅, Hizennagata-eki) is a railway station in Nagata Town, Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]
The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 95.6 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3]
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. There is no station building. Near the entrance to station is a shelter which houses an automatic ticket vending machine. Shelters are also provided on the platforms for passengers. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2]
« | Service | » | ||
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Nagasaki Main Line | ||||
Yue | Local | Higashi-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. Hizen-Nagata 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 49,229 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 135 passengers.[6]