Naka-Taku Station

Naka-Taku Station

中多久駅
Naka-Taku Station; 中多久駅
	Naka-Taku Station in 2008
Location	Japan
Coordinates	33°17′00″N 130°06′44″E / 33.2834°N 130.1123°ECoordinates: 33°17′00″N 130°06′44″E / 33.2834°N 130.1123°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Karatsu Line
Distance	13.6 km from Kubota
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1964
Passengers
2016	465 daily
Rank	251st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
	Naka-Taku Station Location within Japan

Naka-Taku Station (中多久駅, Naka-Taku-eki) is a railway station on the Karatsu Line operated by JR Kyushu located in Taku, Saga Prefecture, Japan.^[1]^[2]

Lines[]

The station is served by the Karatsu Line and is located 13.6 km from the starting point of the line at Kubota.^[3]

Station layout[]

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. A simple prefabricated station building is unstaffed and houses a waiting room and an automatic ticket vending machine. A bike shed is located nearby.^[2]^[3]

A view of the platforms and tracks.

Adjacent stations[]

←		Service		→
Karatsu Line
Higashi-Taku		Local	Taku

History[]

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 April 1964 as an additional station on the existing track of the Karatsu Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.^[4]^[5]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 465 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 251st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[6]

Surrounding area[]

Taku City Junior High School
Naka-Taku Hospital
Saga Women's College Hishinomi Kindergarten
Taku City Hall
Taku City Library
Taku Post office
Taku City Chūō Junior High School
Saga Prefectural Taku High School

References[]

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "中多久" [Naka-Taku Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^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. 18, 81. ISBN 9784062951647.
^ 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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 223–4. ISBN 4533029809.
^ 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 720. ISBN 4533029809.
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

External links[]

Naga-Taku Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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[stationmap-1] "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

[hacchi-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "中多久" [Naka-Taku Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[kawashima-3] Jump up to: ^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. 18, 81. ISBN 9784062951647.

[4] 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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 223–4. ISBN 4533029809.

[teishajo-5] 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 720. ISBN 4533029809.

[6] "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

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