Yue Station Explained

Yue Station
Native Name:湯江駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Symbol Location:jp
Symbol:jrk
Style:JR Kyushu
Address:Takakicho Sanbuichi, Isahaya-shi, Nagasaki-ken 859-0132
Country:Japan
Coordinates:32.9043°N 130.1404°W
Operator: JR Kyushu
Line: Nagasaki Main Line
Distance:87.6 km from
Platforms:1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks:3 + 1 siding
Structure:At grade
Accessible:No - platforms linked by footbridge
Status:Unstaffed
Passengers:253 daily
Pass Year:FY2014
Map Type:Japan Nagasaki Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Konagai Station
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:17

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

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 87.6 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 with a siding branching off track 1. The station building is a simple timber structure and is unstaffed, serving only as a waiting room with an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2] [3]

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. In a phase of construction of what was at first called the Ariake West Line, a track was built from (on the existing Nagasaki Main Line) north to Yue which opened on 24 March 1934 as the terminus of the track. A few months later, link up was made from Yue to (which had been extended south from). With through traffic achieved from Hizen-Yamaguchi on the new route to Nagasaki, the entire stretch of track was designated as part of the Nagasaki Main Line on 1 December 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 2014, there were a total of 92,199 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 253 passengers.[4]

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. ja. 22, 67.
  3. Web site: 湯江. Yue. 16 March 2018. hacchi-no-he.net.
  4. Web site: 第63版(平成28年)長崎県統計年鑑. Nagasaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 63rd Edition 2016. 16 March 2018. Nagasaki Prefectural Government website. See table at section under Transportation and Communications.