Hizen-Hama Station Explained

Hizen-Hama Station
Native Name:肥前浜駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Symbol Location:jp
Symbol:jrk
Style:JR Kyushu
Address:Hamamachi, Kashima-shi, Saga-ken 849-1322
Country:Japan
Coordinates:33.0954°N 130.1167°W
Operator: JR Kyushu
Line: Nagasaki Main Line
Distance:57.6 km from
Platforms:1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks:3 + 1 siding
Structure:At grade
Accessible:No - platforms linked by footbridge
Status:Kan'i itaku agent onsite
Passengers:196 daily
Pass Year:FY2016
Map Type:Japan Saga Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Hizen-Hama Station
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:17

is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Kashima, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 57.6 km from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. A siding branches off track 1. The station building is an old timber building of western design and houses a waiting room and a tourist information centre. The station is unstaffed but a ticket window is managed by a Kan'i itaku agent. Only some types of tickets are sold and there is no POS machine. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2] [3] [4]

Platforms

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. By March 1930, the track had been extended from to . In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended to Hizen-Hama which opened as the new southern terminus on 30 November 1930. It became a through-station when the track was extended to on 16 April 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the daily average number of passengers using the station (boarding passengers only) was above 100 and below 323. The station did not rank among the top 300 busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[5]

Surrounding area

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JR Kyushu Route Map. JR Kyushu. 3 March 2018.
  2. Book: Kawashima, Ryōzō. ja: 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. 2013 . Kodansha. 9784062951647. Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area. Japanese. 20, 66.
  3. Web site: 肥前浜. Hizen-Hama. 14 March 2018. hacchi-no-he.net.
  4. Web site: 肥前浜駅. Hizen-Hama Station. 14 March 2018. jr-mars.dyndns.org. See images of tickets sold.
  5. Web site: 駅別乗車人員上位300駅(平成28年度). Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170801162701/http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/company/info/data/pdf/2016jousya.pdf. 1 August 2017. 3 March 2018.