Sashiki Station | |
Native Name: | 佐敷駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Hanaoka, Ashikita-machi, Ashikita-gun, Kumamoto-ken 869-5442 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 32.3024°N 130.4971°W |
Operator: | Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd. |
Line: | Hisatsu Orange Railway |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Structure: | At-grade |
Code: | OR09 |
Original: | Japanese Government Railways |
Passengers: | 573 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Kumamoto Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Sashiki Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station in the town of Agukita, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway
The station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai. It is located 29.8 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of one island platform and one side platform at street level, connected by a footbridge; however, only platform 1 is in normal operation. The station building is a wooden building built when the station was first opened in 1925, and is the second oldest station building on the Hisatsu Orange Railway after Hinagu Onsen Station, which was built in 1923. It is unattended.[1] [2]
Sashiki Station was opened on 15 April 1925 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.
The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 573 passengers.[3]