Hon-Isahaya Station

Hon-Isahaya Station 本諫早駅
Hon-Isahaya Station
General information
Location	4 Higashikōjimachi, Isahaya-shi, Nagasaki-ken 854-0014 Japan
Coordinates	32°50′30.13″N 130°3′11.20″E
Operated by	Shimabara Railway
Line(s)	■ Shimabara Railway Line
Distance	1.5 km from Isahaya
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 June 1911 (1911-06-20)
Passengers
FY2018	584 daily
Services
Preceding station Shimabara Railway Following station Isahaya Terminus Shimabara Railway Line Saiwai towards Shimabarakō
Location Hon-Isahaya Station Location within Nagasaki Prefecture Show map of Nagasaki Prefecture Hon-Isahaya Station Hon-Isahaya Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Hon-Isahaya Station (本諫早駅, Hon-Isahaya-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Isahaya, Nagasaki. It is operated by third-sector railway company Shimabara Railway.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Shimabara Railway Line and is located 1.5 km from the starting point of the line at Isahaya.[1]

Station layout

The station is on the ground level with two opposing side platforms for two tracks, plus two sidings on the Isahaya side. The platforms are connected by a level crossing within the premises. When trains are not switching, both up and down trains stop at the platform on the station building side. As Isahaya Station only has one platform and one track, the siding is used for storing vehicles. There is a two-story station building on the north side of the platform. It The station is staffed. There is an automatic ticket machine in the waiting room inside the station building.[1][2]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Shimabara Railway Line	for Shimabara and Shimabarakō
2	■ ■Shimabara Railway Line	for Isahaya

• 
  Platforms looking towards Saiwai
• 
  Siding

History

The station was opened on 20 June 1911. In December 1989 the existing station building was completed.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, there were a total of 213,436 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 584 passengers.[3]

Surrounding area

The Station is in the central area of Isahaya City.

• Isahaya City Office
• Isahaya Post Office
• Isahaya High School
• Isahaya Legal Affairs Bureau
• Isahaya City Library
• Isahaya Park

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
2. "本諫早駅" [Hon-Isahaya Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
3. "第67版（令和2年）長崎県統計年鑑" [Nagasaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 67th Edition]. Nagasaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 16 March 2024. See table at section under Transportation and Communications.

• Nagasaki statistical yearbook (Nagasaki prefectural office statistics section,Japanese)

External links

Media related to Hon-Isahaya Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Shimabara Railway Official Site (in Japanese)