Kōda Station | |
Native Name: | 高田駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | 129-2 Kodago, Nagayo-cho, Nishisonogi-gun, Nagasaki-ken 851-2127 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 32.8194°N 129.8694°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Nagasaki Main Line |
Distance: | 16.4 km from (starting point of branch) |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Structure: | Embankment |
Bicycle: | Designated parking area for bikes |
Accessible: | No - steps lead up to platform |
Status: | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
Passengers: | 478 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Pass Rank: | 219th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Map Type: | Japan Nagasaki Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kōda Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Nagayo, Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the old line or the branch of the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 16.4 km from the branch point at . Only local trains run on this branch.[2]
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on an embankment. A small station building houses a staffed ticket window and waiting area at the base of the embankment from which a covered flight of steps leads to the platform where a shelter is provided for waiting passengers. The station is equipped with a SUGOCA card reader.[3] [4]
Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5] [6]
JR Kyushu opened the station on 1 March 1994 as an additional station on the existing track of the old or Nagayo branch of the Nagasaki Main Line.[3]
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 478 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 219th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]