Kita-Sasebo Station

Kita-Sasebo Station 北佐世保駅
General information
Location	Tawaramachi, Sasebo, Nagasaki （佐世保市俵町） Japan
Operated by	Matsuura Railway
Line(s)	Nishi-Kyūshū Line
History
Opened	1935
Passengers
2006	419 daily

Kita-Sasebo Station (北佐世保駅, Kita-Sasebo-eki) is the railway station in Tawara-machi, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture.It is operated by Matsuura Railway and is on the Nishi-Kyūshū Line.

Lines

• Matsuura Railway
  • Nishi-Kyūshū Line

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Senpukuji		Nishi-Kyūshū Line(Rapid Service)		Sasebo-Chūō
Yamanota		Nishi-Kyūshū Line(Local)		Naka-Sasebo

Station layout

Kita-Sasebo Station has one ground level island platform serving two tracks.

Environs

• National Route 204
• Tawaramachi Shōtengai
• Sakura-no-Seibo(The Holy Mother of the cherry tree) kindergarten (Ruins of Kami-Sasebo Station in Sasebo Railway)
• Sasebo-Chuo High School
• Seiwa Joshi Gakuin High School and Junior High School
• Sasasbo-Kita High School and Junior High School
• TSUTAYA

History

• 9 November 1935 - Opens for business as station of the Sasebo Line.
• 30 August 1943 - Sasebo Line Sasebo - Kita-Sasebo is incorporated into Matsuura Line and becomes the station of the Matsuura line.
• 1 April 1987 - Railways privatize and this station is inherited by JR Kyushu.
• 1 April 1988 - This station is inherited by Matsuura Railway .

References

• Nagasaki statistical yearbook (Nagasaki prefectural office statistics section,Japanese)

External links

• Media related to Kita-Sasebo Station at Wikimedia Commons
• Matsuura Railway (Japanese)