Hizen-Koga Station

Hizen Koga Station 肥前古賀駅
Hizen-Koga Station in 2015
General information
Location	Japan
Coordinates	32°47′54″N 129°57′06″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nagasaki Main Line
Distance	112.3 km from Tosu
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade (sidehill cutting)
Accessible	Yes - ramp to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	2 October 1972 (1972-10-02)
Passengers
FY2016	423 daily
Rank	262nd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location Hizen Koga Station Location within Japan

Hizen-Koga Station (肥前古賀駅, Hizen-Koga-eki) is a railway station in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 112.3 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3] Besides local trains on the line, some trains of the Rapid Seaside Liner service between Sasebo and Nagasaki also stop at the station.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on a sidehill cutting. From the station entrance on the access road, a flight of steps and a ramp lead up to the platform. There is no station building. A small shed at the station entrance houses a ticket window which is, however, no longer staffed. An automatic ticket vending machine and a SUGOCA card reader is provided. Limited parking is available by the side of access road.[3][2][5]

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Nagasaki Main Line
Ichinuno		Local	Utsutsugawa
JR Kyushu Rapid
Ichinuno		Seaside Liner (some trains)	Utsutsugawa

History

On 2 October 1972, Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened a new, shorter, inland route for the Nagasaki Main Line between Kikitsu and Urakami, thus bypassing the longer coastal route via Nagayo. Hizen-Koga was opened on the same day as one of the intermediate stations along this new route. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[6][7]

In January 2015, JR Kyushu announced that Hizen-Koga would become an unstaffed station from 14 March 2015. This was part of a major effort by the company to reduce its operating deficit by ceasing to staff 32 stations in its network.[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 423 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 262nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

Environs

• Route 34
• Nagasaki City Koga Elementary School

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "肥前古賀" [Hizen-Koga]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
3. 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. 42, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. "肥前古賀" [Hizen-Koga]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
5. "長崎本線・肥前古賀駅に行ってきました" [I went to Hizen-Koga Station Nagasaki Main Line]. Ameblo.jp. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 222–3. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 717. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
8. "ＪＲ九州、新たに２０駅を無人化へ 鹿児島線など８路線" [JR Kyushu, another 20 stations to be unstaffed, Kagoshima line among 8 lines]. Asahi Shimbun Digital. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
9. "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

• Hizen-Koga Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)