Yue Station

Yue Station

湯江駅
Kyushu Railway Company
Yue Station in September 2012
General information
LocationTakakicho Sanbuichi, Isahaya-shi, Nagasaki-ken 859-0132
Japan
Coordinates32°54′15″N 130°08′25″E / 32.9043°N 130.1404°E / 32.9043; 130.1404
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)JH Nagasaki Main Line
Distance87.6 km from Tosu
Platforms1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks3 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened24 March 1934 (1934-03-24)
Passengers
FY2014253 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Oe
towards Nagasaki
 Nagasaki Line Nagasato
towards Tosu
Location
Konagai Station is located in Nagasaki Prefecture
Konagai Station
Konagai Station
Location within Nagasaki Prefecture
Konagai Station is located in Japan
Konagai Station
Konagai Station
Konagai Station (Japan)
Map

Yue Station (湯江駅, Yue-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 87.6 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks with a siding branching off track 1. The station building is a simple timber structure and is unstaffed, serving only as a waiting room with an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2]

Platforms

1 ■ JH Nagasaki Main Line for Saga and Tosu
2, 3 ■ JH Nagasaki Main Line for Isahaya and Nagasaki
  • The island platform in September 2015
    The island platform in September 2015

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) built the station in the 1930s during the development of an alternative route for the Nagasaki Main Line along the coast of the Ariake Sea. In a phase of construction of what was at first called the Ariake West Line, a track was built from Isahaya (on the existing Nagasaki Main Line) north to Yue which opened on 24 March 1934 as the terminus of the track. A few months later, link up was made from Yue to Tara (which had been extended south from Hizen-Yamaguchi). With through traffic achieved from Hizen-Yamaguchi on the new route to Nagasaki, the entire stretch of track was designated as part of the Nagasaki Main Line on 1 December 1934. 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 2014, there were a total of 92,199 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 253 passengers.[6]

Surrounding area

  • Isahaya Municipal Takaki Junior High School
  • Yue Elementary School
  • Wadoji Temple

See also

References

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "湯江" [Yue]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 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. 22, 67. 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. p. 715. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  6. ^ "第63版（平成28年）長崎県統計年鑑" [Nagasaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 63rd Edition 2016]. Nagasaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 16 March 2018. See table at section under Transportation and Communications.

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