Hizen-Koga Station

Hizen-Koga Station (肥前古賀駅, Hizen-Koga-eki) is a railway station in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]

Hizen Koga Station 肥前古賀駅
Hizen-Koga Station in 2015
Location	Japan
Coordinates	32°47′54″N 129°57′06″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nagasaki Main Line
Distance	112.3 km from Tosu
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade (sidehill cutting)
Disabled access	Yes - ramp to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	2 October 1972 (1972-10-02)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)	423 daily
Rank	262nd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Hizen Koga Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 112.3 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3] Besides local trains on the line, some trains of the Rapid Seaside Liner service between Sasebo and Nagasaki also stop at the station.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on a sidehill cutting. From the station entrance on the access road, a flight of steps and a ramp lead up to the platform. There is no station building. A small shed at the station entrance houses a ticket window which is, however, no longer staffed. An automatic ticket vending machine and a SUGOCA card reader is provided. Limited parking is available by the side of access road.[3][2][5]

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Nagasaki Main Line
Ichinuno		Local	Utsutsugawa
JR Kyushu Rapid
Ichinuno		Seaside Liner (some trains)	Utsutsugawa

History

On 2 October 1972, Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened a new, shorter, inland route for the Nagasaki Main Line between Kikitsu and Urakami, thus bypassing the longer coastal route via Nagayo. Hizen-Koga was opened on the same day as one of the intermediate stations along this new route. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[6][7]

In January 2015, JR Kyushu announced that Hizen-Koga would become an unstaffed station from 14 March 2015. This was part of a major effort by the company to reduce its operating deficit by ceasing to staff 32 stations in its network.[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 423 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 262nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

Environs

• Route 34
• Nagasaki City Koga Elementary School

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "肥前古賀" [Hizen-Koga]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 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, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. "肥前古賀" [Hizen-Koga]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
5. "長崎本線・肥前古賀駅に行ってきました" [I went to Hizen-Koga Station Nagasaki Main Line]. Ameblo.jp. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 18 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. 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. "ＪＲ九州、新たに２０駅を無人化へ　鹿児島線など８路線" [JR Kyushu, another 20 stations to be unstaffed, Kagoshima line among 8 lines]. Asahi Shimbun Digital. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
9. "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.

External links

• Hizen-Koga Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)