Shimabarakō Station | |
Native Name: | 島原港駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Shimokawashirimachi, Shimabara-shi, Nagasaki-ken 855-0861 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 32.7689°N 130.3705°W |
Line: | Shimabara Railway Line |
Distance: | 43.2 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Accessible: | Wheelchair accessible with ramps |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Former: | Shimabara Gaikō (to 2019) |
Passengers: | 68 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Nagasaki Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shimabarakō Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki. It is operated by third-sector railway company Shimabara Railway.[1] [2]
The station is the terminus of the Shimabara Railway Line and is located 43.2 km from the opposing terminus of the line at .[1]
The station is on the ground level with one side platform and one track. It is an unattended station and does not have automatic ticket vending machines. Before the switching facilities were abolished in 1997, there were two opposing side platforms and two tracks. The unused platform and tracks still exist, but the level crossing between the station building and the station building has been filled in, making it impossible to enter, and the switch part of the track has been removed.[1] [2]
Shimabarakō Station was opened on 11 November 1960 as . The original station building was completely destroyed by fire on 2 November 2010. The station was renamed to its present name on 1 October 2019.[3]
In fiscal 2018, there were a total of 24,905 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 68 passengers.[4]