Matsubara Station (Nagasaki)

Matsubara Station (松原駅, Matsubara-eki) is the railway station in Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Ōmura Line.[1][2]

Matsubara Station 松原駅
Matsubara Station in 2009
Location	Matsubara-hon-machi, Ōmura-shi, Nagasaki-ken Japan
Coordinates	32°58′41″N 129°56′45″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Ōmura Line
Distance	28.5 km from Haiki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 January 1898 (1898-01-20)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	76 daily
Location
Matsubara Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Ōmura Line and is located 28.5 km from the starting point of the line at Haiki.[3] Besides the local services on the line, some trains of the Rapid Seaside Liner also stop at the station.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. A siding branches off the main tracks and runs in between the station building and the platforms. The station building, a modern steel-frame structure, is unstaffed and serves as a waiting room with an automated ticket vending machine. Access to the platforms is by means of a level crossing.[2][3][5]

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Ōmura Line
Chiwata		Local	Takematsu
JR Kyushu Rapid
Chiwata		Seaside Liner (some trains)	Takematsu

History

The private Kyushu Railway, in building a line to Nagasaki, had opened a track southwards from Tosu to Saga and Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen) by 1895. By 1897, the track had reached Haiki. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended towards Ōmura which opened as the new terminus on 20 January 1898. Matsubara was opened on the same day as an intermediate station between Haiki and Ōmura. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, track from Tosu through Haiki to Nagasaki was designated the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and the track from Haiki, through Matsubara to Isahaya was designated the Ōmura 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 2014, there were a total of 27,802 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 76 passengers.[8]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "松原" [Matsubara]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 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. 37, 73. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. "松原" [Matsubara]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
5. "大村線・松原駅に行ってきました。（前編）" [I went to Matsubara Station Ōmura Line (Part 1)]. Ameblo.jp. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 19 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. 22–3, 225, 227. 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. 738. 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

• Matsubara Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)