Mikawachi Station

Mikawachi Station (三河内駅, Mikawachi-eki) is a train station in Mikawachi-Hon-Machi, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Sasebo Line.[1][2]

Mikawachi Station 三河内駅
Mikawachi Station in 2006
Location	Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki-ken Japan
Coordinates	33°09′01″N 129°49′45″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Sasebo Line
Distance	35.7 km from Hizen-Yamaguchi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	10 July 1897 (1897-07-10)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	83 daily
Location
Mikawachi Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 35.7 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 two side platforms serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 2. The station building is a small wooden structure which houses a ticket window but which is presently unstaffed. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2]

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Sasebo Line
Arita		Local	Haiki

History

The private Kyushu Railway had opened a track from Tosu to Saga and Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen) by 5 May 1895. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended further west with Haiki opening as the new western terminus on 10 July 1897. Mikawachi was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new 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, station became part of the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and track serving the station was redesignated 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.[5][6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, there were a total of 30,338 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 83 passengers.[7]

Environs

• National Route 35
• Mikawachi Hospital
• Mikawachi Post Office
• Sasebo City Office Mikawachi Branch

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "三河内" [Mikawachi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 22 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. 27, 71. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. "三河内" [Mikawachi]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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. 216, 227. 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. 729. ISBN 4533029809.
7. "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

• Mikawachi Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)