Mikuriya Station (Nagasaki)

Mikuriya Station 御厨駅
General information
Location	Matsuura, Nagasaki （松浦市御厨町里免） Japan
Operated by	Matsuura Railway
Line(s)	Nishi-Kyūshū Line
History
Opened	1935
Previous names	Hizen-Mikuriya (until 1988)
Passengers
2005	446 daily

Mikuriya Station (御厨駅, Mikuriya-eki) is the railway station in Mikuriya-machi Sato-men, Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture. It is operated by Matsuura Railway and is on the Nishi-Kyūshū Line.

Lines

• Matsuura Railway
  • Nishi-Kyūshū Line

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Nishi-Kyūshū Line
Matsuura Hatsudensho-mae		Local	Nishikoba

Station layout

The station is at ground level with one island platform and two tracks.

The platform is attached to the station building, which is at a railroad crossing. A waiting room is next to the compounding of medicines drugstore which borrowed a station site, and was established and can use the inside in the business hours of the drugstore.

Environs

• National Route 204
• Matsuura City Office Mikuriya Branch
• Mikuriya Post Office
• Oshibuchi Hospital
• A-COOP Mikuriya (Supermarket)

History

• August 6, 1935 - Opens for business as Hizen-Mikuriya Station (肥前御厨駅, Hizen-Mikuriya-eki).
• April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and this station is inherited by JR Kyushu.
• April 1, 1988 - This station is inherited by Matsuura Railway and renamed to present name.

External links

• Matsuura Railway (Japanese)