Ōmachi Station | |
Native Name: | 大町駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | Fukumo, Ōmachi-cho, Kishima-gun, Saga-ken 849-2102 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 33.2124°N 130.1065°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Sasebo Line |
Distance: | 5.1 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 + 1 siding |
Structure: | At grade |
Accessible: | No – platforms accessed by footbridge |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 250 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2015 |
Map Type: | Japan Saga Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ōmachi Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Ōmachi, Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 5.1 km from the starting point of the line at . Only Sasebo Line local services stop at this station.[2]
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 1. The station building is a small brick structure. The ticket window which it houses has become unstaffed and the building presently serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[3] [4] [5]
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 11 December 1919 as Ōmachi Signal Box on the existing track of what was then the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 September 1928, the facility was upgraded to a full station and passenger services commenced. On 1 December 1934, station became part of the Sasebo 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.
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 91,291 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 250 passengers.[6]