Saga Station

JH  08 
Saga Station

佐賀駅
Kyushu Railway Company
The north exit of Saga Station
General information
Location1-chōme-11 Ekimae Chūō, Saga-shi, Saga-ken 840-0801
Japan
Coordinates33°15′51″N 130°17′51″E / 33.264128°N 130.297412°E / 33.264128; 130.297412
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)JH Nagasaki Main Line
Distance25.0 km from Tosu
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened20 August 1891 (1891-08-20)
Passengers
FY20208,546 daily
Rank11th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Nabeshima
towards Nagasaki
 Nagasaki Line Igaya
JH  07 
towards Tosu
Location
Saga Station is located in Saga Prefecture
Saga Station
Saga Station
Location within Saga Prefecture
Saga Station is located in Japan
Saga Station
Saga Station
Saga Station (Japan)
Map

Saga Station (佐賀駅, Saga-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line, located 25.0 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu and is a served by trains of the Karatsu Line which continue an additional 6.4 kilometers past the nominal terminal of the line at Kubota.[3]

Layout

Saga Station is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four tracks. The station building and concourse are below the platforms, and the station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office/ When viewed from directly above the station, the elevated shape of the station is straight on the north side, while the south side is curved, a vestige of the future plan to build a Shinkansen station and an elevated Shinkansen line along the north side. There is also a cut-in line on the Tosu side of platform 1, a vestige of the time when Saga Line trains used to depart and arrive there, and a part of the Saga Line elevated track remains about 600 meters from Saga Station toward Tosu.[2][3]

Platforms

Tracks
1 ■Nagasaki Main Line・Sasebo Line for Hizen-Yamaguchi, Isahaya, and Haiki
■Karatsu Line for Taku and Karatsu
2 ■Limited express: Kamome for Isahaya and Nagasaki
■Limited express: Midori, Huis Ten Bosch for Sasebo and Huis ten Bosch
■Nagasaki Main Line・Sasebo Line for Hizen-Yamaguchi, Isahaya, and Haiki
3 ■Nagasaki Main Line for Kanzaki and Tosu
■Karatsu Line for Taku and Karatsu
4 ■Limited Express: Kamome, Midori, Huis Ten Bosch for Tosu and Hakata
■Nagasaki Main Line for Kanzaki and Tosu

History

The station was opened on 20 August 1891 by the private Kyushu Railway as the western terminus of a line from Tosu. It became a through station on 5 May 1895 when the track was extended west to Yamaguchi (today Hizen-Yamaguchi) and Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen). 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. On 25 May 1935, the station also became part of the Saga Line when the track from Yabekawa (today Setaka to Chikugo-Ōgawa was extended north to Saga. The Saga Line was closed on 28 March 1987. A few days later, with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 8,546 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 11th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]

Surrounding area

  • Saga Station Bus Center

See also

References

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "佐賀駅" [Saga Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ^ 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. 19, 65. 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 222–3. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  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. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 712, 718. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  6. ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2023.

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