Naka-Taku Station

Naka-Taku Station (中多久駅, Naka-Taku-eki) is a railway station on the Karatsu Line operated by JR Kyushu located in Taku, Saga Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

Naka-Taku Station

中多久駅
Naka-Taku Station in 2008
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°17′00″N 130°06′44″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Karatsu Line
Distance13.6 km from Kubota
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Bicycle facilitiesBike shed
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 April 1964 (1964-04-01)
Traffic
Passengers (2016)465 daily
Rank251st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Naka-Taku Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Karatsu Line and is located 13.6 km from the starting point of the line at Kubota.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. A simple prefabricated station building is unstaffed and houses a waiting room and an automatic ticket vending machine. A bike shed is located nearby.[2][3]

  • A view of the platforms and tracks.

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Karatsu Line
Higashi-Taku Local Taku

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 April 1964 as an additional station on the existing track of the Karatsu Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 465 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 251st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]

Surrounding area
  • Taku City Junior High School
  • Naka-Taku Hospital
  • Saga Women's College Hishinomi Kindergarten
  • Taku City Hall
  • Taku City Library
  • Taku Post office
  • Taku City Chūō Junior High School
  • Saga Prefectural Taku High School
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References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "中多久" [Naka-Taku Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 11 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. 18, 81. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. 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. 223–4. ISBN 4533029809.
  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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 720. ISBN 4533029809.
  6. "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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