Hizen-Nagano Station

Hizen-Nagano Station 肥前長野駅
Hizen-Nagano Station in 2005
General information
Location	Okawano Okawacho, Imari-shi, Saga-ken 849-5251 Japan
Coordinates	33°17′44″N 129°58′15″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Chikuhi Line
Distance	14.3 km from Yamamoto
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 March 1935 (1935-03-01)
Passengers
FY2015	19 daily
Location Hizen-Nagano Station Location within Saga Prefecture Show map of Saga Prefecture Hizen-Nagano Station Hizen-Nagano Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Hizen-Nagano Station (肥前長野駅, Hizen-Nagano-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Imari, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the western section of the Chikuhi Line and is 14.3 km from the starting point of this section at Yamamoto.[3]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is an old timber structure of traditional Japanese design which serves only as a waiting room.[2][3][4]

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Chikuhi Line (western section)
Ōkawano		Local	Momonokawa

History

The private Kitakyushu Railway, which had a track between Hakata and Higashi-Karatsu by 1926 and had expanded southwards to Yamamoto by 1929. In a later phase of expansion, the track was extended west from Yamamoto to Imari, which opened as the western terminus on 1 March 1935. This station was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track. The Kitakyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1937 and Japanese Government Railways (JGR) assumed control of the station and designated the track which served it as part of the Chikuhi 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.[5][6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 7,092 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 19 passengers.[7]

Surrounding area

• Imari City Tōryō Junior High School

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "肥前長野" [Hizen-Nagano]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 1 April 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. 14, 83. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. "肥前長野" [Hizen-Nagano]. Retrieved 1 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 224–5. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
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. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 727. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
7. "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

Media related to Hizen-Nagano Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Hizen-Nagano (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)