Ushizu Station

Ushizu Station (牛津駅, Ushizu-eki) is a railway station in Ogi, Saga Prefecture. It is operated by JR Kyushu on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]

Ushizu Station 牛津駅
Ushizu Station in 2008
Location	Japan
Coordinates	33°14′53″N 130°12′05″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nagasaki Main Line
Distance	34.2 km from Tosu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	No; platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Staff ticket window (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	5 May 1895 (1895-05-05)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)	808 daily
Rank	190th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Ushizu Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 34.2 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. The station building is a brick structure resembling a traditional warehouse. Besides a staffed ticket windown, the waiting room doubles as an exhibition area featuring local products. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

• 
  A view of the platform and tracks.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nagasaki Main Line
Kubota		Local	Hizen-Yamaguchi

Environs

• Ogi City Hall
• Saga Prefectural Ushizu High School
• Ushizu Junior High School
• Ushizu Post Office
• National Route 34
• National Route 207

History

The private Kyushu Railway had opened a track from Tosu to Saga on 20 August 1891. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended westwards with Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen) opening as the new western terminus on 5 May 1895. Ushizu was opened on the same day as an intermediate station along the new stretch of 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, the station became part of the Nagasaki Main 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 2016, the station was used by an average of 808 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 190th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "牛津" [Ushizu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 13 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. 17, 65. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
5. "牛津駅" [Ushizu Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 13 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
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. 714. ISBN 4533029809.
8. "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 25 February 2018.

External links

• Ushizu Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)