Ushizu Station (牛津駅, Ushizu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ogi, Saga Prefecture. It is operated by JR Kyushu on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]
Ushizu Station 牛津駅  | |||||||||||
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 Ushizu Station in 2008 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Ushizucho Ushizu, Ogi-shi, Saga-ken 849-0303 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°14′53″N 130°12′05″E / 33.2480°N 130.2015°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg?lang=en){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | JH Nagasaki Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 34.2 km from Tosu | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No; platforms linked by footbridge | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staff ticket window (outsourced) | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 May 1895 | ||||||||||
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| FY2022 | 648 daily | ||||||||||
| Rank | 190th (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 34.2 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ JH Nagasaki Main Line | for Saga and Tosu |
| 2 | ■ JH Nagasaki Main Line | for Nagasaki |
Station layout
editThe 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]
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A view of the platform and tracks.
History
editThe 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]
Surrounding area
edit- Ogi City Hall
- Saga Prefectural Ushizu High School
- Ushizu Junior High School
- Ushizu Post Office
- Japan National Route 34
- Japan National Route 207
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 648 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 129nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b "牛津" [Ushizu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "牛津駅" [Ushizu Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 13 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
- ^ 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 222–3. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 714. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
External links
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Media related to Ushizu Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Ushizu Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)