Hizen-Hama Station

Hizen-Hama Station (肥前浜駅, Hizenhama-eki) is a railway station in Kashima, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]

Hizen-Hama Station

肥前浜駅
Hizen-Hama Station in 2016
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°05′43″N 130°07′00″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nagasaki Main Line
Distance57.6 km from Tosu
Platforms1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks3 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusKan'i itaku agent onsite
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened30 November 1930 (1930-11-30)
Location
Hizen-Hama Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 57.6 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of a side and an island platform serving three tracks. A siding branches off track 1. The station building is an old timber building of western design and houses a waiting room and a tourist information centre. The station is unstaffed but a ticket window is managed by a Kan'i itaku agent. Only some types of tickets are sold and there is no POS machine. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2][4]

  • A view of the platforms and tracks. Platform 1 is to the left. Note the siding branching off track 1.
  • Another view of the platforms, showing the footbridge.
  • Station name board.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nagasaki Main Line
Hizen-Kashima Local Hizen-Nanaura

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. By March 1930, the track had been extended from Hizen-Yamaguchi to Hizen-Ryūō. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended to Hizen-Hama which opened as the new southern terminus on 30 November 1930. It became a through-station when the track was extended to Tara on 16 April 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.[5][6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the daily average number of passengers using the station (boarding passengers only) was above 100 and below 323. The station did not rank among the top 300 busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

Surrounding area
  • Yūtoku Inari Shrine - Japan's third biggest Inari shrine. Hizen-Hama is the closest station although the previous station Hizen-Kashima is more convenient for passengers taking a limited express train.
  • National Route 207
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See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "肥前浜" [Hizen-Hama]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 14 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, 66. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. "肥前浜駅" [Hizen-Hama Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 14 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  5. 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.
  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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 714. ISBN 4533029809.
  7. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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