Ōmachi Station (Saga)

Ōmachi Station (大町駅, Ōmachi-eki) is a train station in Ōmachi, Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Sasebo Line.[1][2]

Ōmachi Station 大町駅
Ōmachi Station in 2008
Location	Ōmachi-cho, Kishima-gun, Saga-ken Japan
Coordinates	33°12′45″N 130°06′23″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Sasebo Line
Distance	5.1 km from Hizen-Yamaguchi
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	No - platforms accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 December 1919 (1919-12-11)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)	250 daily
Location
Ōmachi Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 5.1 km from the starting point of the line at Hizen-Yamaguchi.[3] Only Sasebo Line local services stop at this station.[4]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 1. The station building is a small brick structure. The ticket window which it houses has become unstaffed and the building presently serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2][5]

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Sasebo Line
Hizen-Yamaguchi		Local	Kitagata

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 11 December 1919 as Ōmachi Signal Box on the existing track of what was then the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 September 1928, the facility was upgraded to a full station and passenger services commenced. On 1 December 1934, station became part of the Sasebo Line. 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 2015, there were a total of 91,291 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 250 passengers.[8]

Environs

• Saga Sanyo Industries
• Ōmachi City Hall
• Ōmachi Post Office
• Ōmachi Higashi Post Office
• Ōmachi Hospital
• Ōmachi Police Station
• Ōmachi Elementary School
• Ōmachi Junior High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "大町" [Ōmachi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 23 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. 20, 70. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. "大町" [Ōmachi]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
5. "佐世保線・大町駅に行ってきました" [I went to Ōmachi Station Sasebo Line]. Ameblo.jp. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
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. p. 216. 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. pp. 727–8. ISBN 4533029809.
8. "佐賀県統計年鑑（平成28年版）" [Saga Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition]. Saga Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 23 March 2018. See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.

External links

• Ōmachi Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)