Ōmachi Station (Saga)
Ōmachi Station 大町駅  | |||||||||||
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 Ōmachi Station in January 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Fukumo, Ōmachi-cho, Kishima-gun, Saga-ken 849-2102 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°12′45″N 130°06′23″E / 33.212442°N 130.106514°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Sasebo Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 5.1 km from Hizen-Yamaguchi | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 + 1 siding | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No – platforms accessed by footbridge | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 December 1919 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2015 | 250 daily | ||||||||||
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Ōmachi Station (大町駅, Ōmachi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Ōmachi, Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]
Lines
[edit]The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 5.1 km from the starting point of the line at Hizen-Yamaguchi.[3] Only Sasebo Line local services stop at this station.[4]
Station layout
[edit]The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 1. The station building is a small brick structure. The ticket window which it houses has become unstaffed and the building presently serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2][5]
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Sasebo Line | for Takeo-Onsen, Arita and Kitagata |
| 2 | ■ Sasebo Line | for Saga and Tosu |
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Interior -
Inside the footbridge -
Platform -
former station building（March 2006）
History
[edit]Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 11 December 1919 as Ōmachi Signal Box on the existing track of what was then the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 September 1928, the facility was upgraded to a full station and passenger services commenced. On 1 December 1934, station became part of the Sasebo Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[6][7]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 91,291 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 250 passengers.[8]
Environs
[edit]- Saga Sanyo Industries
- Ōmachi City Hall
- Ōmachi Post Office
- Ōmachi Higashi Post Office
- Ōmachi Hospital
- Ōmachi Police Station
- Ōmachi Elementary School
- Ōmachi Junior High School
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b "大町" [Ōmachi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 20, 70. ISBN 9784062951647.
- ^ "大町" [Ōmachi]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "佐世保線・大町駅に行ってきました" [I went to Ōmachi Station Sasebo Line]. Ameblo.jp. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 216. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 727–8. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "佐賀県統計年鑑（平成28年版）" [Saga Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition]. Saga Prefectural Government website. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018. See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.
External links
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Media related to Ōmachi Station (Saga) at Wikimedia Commons
- Ōmachi Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)