Ōkusa Station

Ōkusa Station (大草駅, Ōkusa-eki) is the railway station in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]

Okusa Station 大草駅
Okusa Station in 2008
Location	Japan
Coordinates	32°51′36″N 129°56′18″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nagasaki Main Line
Distance	7.2 km from Kikitsu (starting point of branch)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	27 November 1898 (1898-11-27)
Previous names	Higashisono Signal Box (until 1 October 1966)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	139 daily
Location
Okusa Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the old line or the Nagayo branch of the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 7.2 km from the branch point at Kikitsu.[3] Only local trains run on this branch.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 1. The station building is a v-shaped modern timber structure which is unstaffed and houses a waiting room with a SUGOCA farecard reader. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2][5]

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  A view of the station platforms and tracks.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Nagasaki Main Line (old line)
Higashisono		Local	Honkawachi

History

The private Kyushu Railway, had opened a track from Tosu to Saga by 5 May 1895, and thereafter expanding southwards in phases, as part of the construction of a line to Nagasaki. Separately, a track was laid from Urakami (then known as Nagasaki) north to Nagayo, which opened on 22 July 1897 as the terminus. On 27 November 1898, a link up was made between Nagayo and the track from Tosu which had expanded south to Ōmura. Okusa was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new stretch of track. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the track from Tosu through Haiki, Ōmura, Nagayo to Nagasaki was designated the Nagasaki Main Line. On 2 October 1972, a shorter inland bypass route was opened between Kikitsu through Ichinuno to Urakami was opened, which became known as the new line or Ichinuno branch of the Nagasaki Main Line. The section serving Okusa became known as the old line or the Nagayo branch. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[6][7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, there were a total of 50,679 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 139 passengers.[8]

Environs

• Route 207
• Ōmura Bay

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "大草" [Okusa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
3. Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 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 [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 42, 69. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. "東園" [Higashisono]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
5. "大草" [Okusa]. seaside-station.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
6. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 222–3. ISBN 4533029809.
7. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 717. ISBN 4533029809.
8. "第63版（平成28年）長崎県統計年鑑" [Nagasaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 63rd Edition 2016]. Nagasaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 16 March 2018. See table at section under Transportation and Communications.

External links

• Okusa Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)