Ushizu Station

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Ushizu Station

牛津駅
UshizuStation.JPG
Ushizu Station in 2008
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°14′53″N 130°12′05″E / 33.2480°N 130.2015°E / 33.2480; 130.2015Coordinates: 33°14′53″N 130°12′05″E / 33.2480°N 130.2015°E / 33.2480; 130.2015
Operated byJR logo (kyushu).svg JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nagasaki Main Line
Distance34.2 km from Tosu
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo; platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusStaff ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened5 May 1895 (1895-05-05)
Passengers
FY2016808 daily
Rank190th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Ushizu Station is located in Japan
Ushizu Station
Ushizu Station
Location within Japan

Ushizu Station (牛津駅, Ushizu-eki) is a railway station in Ogi, Saga Prefecture. It is operated by JR Kyushu on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]

Lines[]

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 34.2 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3]

Station layout[]

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The station building is a brick structure resembling a traditional warehouse. Besides a staffed ticket windown, the waiting room doubles as an exhibition area featuring local products. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

  • A view of the platform and tracks.

Adjacent stations[]

« Service »
Nagasaki Main Line
Kubota Local Hizen-Yamaguchi

Environs[]

History[]

The private Kyushu Railway had opened a track from Tosu to Saga on 20 August 1891. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended westwards with Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen) opening as the new western terminus on 5 May 1895. Ushizu was opened on the same day as an intermediate station along the new stretch of track. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Nagasaki Main 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[]

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 808 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 190th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "牛津" [Ushizu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  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. 17, 65. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. ^ "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. ^ "牛津駅" [Ushizu Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 13 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  6. ^ 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. 222–3. ISBN 4533029809.
  7. ^ 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. 714. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. ^ "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 25 February 2018.

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