| Higashi-Isahaya Station | |
| Native Name: | 東諫早駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | Fukudamachi, Isahaya-shi, Nagasaki-ken 854-0001 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.8531°N 130.0617°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Nagasaki Main Line |
| Distance: | 97.8 km from |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Structure: | Embankment |
| Accessible: | No - steps up embankment |
| Status: | Unstaffed |
| Passengers: | 112 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2014 |
| Map Type: | Japan Nagasaki Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Konagai Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 97.8 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks on an embankment. Track 1 is a through-track while track 2 is a passing loop. Only Platform 1 is in normal use. There is no station building but shelters are provided on both platforms for waiting passengers. From the station entrance, a double flight of steps leads up the embankment to platform 1. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a level crossing.[2] [3]
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 (on the existing Nagasaki Main Line) north to which opened on 24 March 1934 as the terminus of the track. Higashi-Isahaya was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on this stretch of track. A few months later, link up was made from Yue to (which had been extended south from). 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.
In fiscal 2014, there were a total of 41,099 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 112 passengers.[4]