Saza Station | |
Native Name: | 佐々駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Saza, Kitamatsuura, Nagasaki |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | Matsuura Railway |
Line: | Nishi-Kyūshū Line |
Opened: | 1931 |
Former: | Sasa (until 1936) |
Passengers: | 656 daily |
Pass Year: | 2005 |
is the railway station in Hontabaru-men, Saza, Nagasaki Prefecture. It is operated by Matsuura Railway and is on the Nishi-Kyūshū Line.
|-|colspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |Matsuura Railway
The station is ground level with two platforms and three tracks.
1 | ■Nishi-Kyūshū Line | To Sasebo | |
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2 | ■Nishi-Kyūshū Line | To Tabira-Hiradoguchi・Matsuura・Imari | |
3 | ■Nishi-Kyūshū Line | To Sasebo |
This station stands near the central area of Saza Town.
On 27 December 1931, the station opened as Sasa Station for business as the Sasebo Railway built a branch from Yotsuyubi (later renamed Yotsuibi) on the existing line connecting the city of Sasebo and Usunoura.
On 24 October 1933, a new line was opened from Sasa to Sechibaru. This opening was actually a transfer of an existing private mining railway to the railway company.
On 1 October 1936, the Sasebo Railway was nationalized. Simultaneously, the station name was changed from Sasa to Saza, without changing the kanji script.
On 1 March 1945, the railway route was changed so that Saza became a junction of the Matsuura Line and the Usunoura Line. The operation of the Usunoura Line (Saza–Usunoura) was discontinued on 26 December 1971.
On 1 April 1987, the Japanese National Railways was privatized and this station was inherited by JR Kyushu.On 1 April 1988, this station was inherited by Matsuura Railway.