Kōhoku Station (Saga)

(Redirected from Hizen-Yamaguchi Station)

Kōhoku Station (江北駅, kōhoku-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kōhoku, Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is a junction between the Nagasaki Main Line and the Sasebo Line.[1][2]

Kōhoku Station

江北駅
Kyushu Railway Company
Kōhoku Station in September 2022
General information
LocationYamaguchi, Kōhoku-chō, Kishima-gun, Saga-ken 849-0501
 Japan
Coordinates33°13′8.6″N 130°9′40.4″E / 33.219056°N 130.161222°E / 33.219056; 130.161222
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)
Distance
  • 39.6 km from Tosu (Nagasaki Main Line)
  • 0.0 km (starting point of the Sasebo Line)
Platforms1 side + 2 island platforms
Tracks5 + several passing loops and sidings
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingAvailable
AccessibleYes - elevators to platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened5 May 1895 (1895-05-05)
Previous namesYamaguchi (to 1 March 1913) Hizen-Yamaguchi (to 23 September 2022)
Passengers
FY20191,163 daily
Rank145th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Hizen-Shiroishi
towards Nagasaki
Nagasaki Line Ushizu
towards Tosu
Ōmachi
towards Sasebo
Sasebo Line Terminus
Location
Kōhoku Station is located in Saga Prefecture
Kōhoku Station
Kōhoku Station
Location within Saga Prefecture
Kōhoku Station is located in Japan
Kōhoku Station
Kōhoku Station
Kōhoku Station (Japan)
Map

Lines

edit

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 39.6 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu. In addition the station is also the eastern terminus of the 48.8 kilometer Sasebo Line.[3]

Besides the local services on both lines, the following JR Kyushu limited express services also stop at the station:[4]

Station layout

edit

The station consists of a side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks at grade. There is a passing loop between platforms 1 and 2 and several more passing loops/sidings south of the station beyond platform 5. The station is a elevated structure where the station facilities are located on a bridge which spans the platforms and which has entrances to the south and north of the tracks. Located on the bridge are a waiting room, a staffed ticket window and the ticket gates. Elevators give access to the bridge from both the south and north station entrances. After the ticket gates, elevators lead down to the various platforms.[3][2][4]

Platforms

edit
Tracks
1 Nagasaki Main Line To Hizen-KashimaIsahaya / To SagaTosu
Sasebo Line To Takeo OnsenHaiki
2 Limited Express: Kamome, Midori, Huis ten Bosch To SagaHakata
Nagasaki Main Line To SagaTosu
3 Limited Express: Kamome To: Isahaya ・Nagasaki
Limited Express: Midori, Huis ten Bosch To Sasebo・Huis ten Bosch
Nagasaki Main Line To Hizen-Kashima・Isahaya / To SagaTosu
Sasebo Line To Takeo Onsen・Haiki
4 Nagasaki Main Line To Hizen-Kashima・Isahaya
Sasebo Line To Takeo Onsen・Haiki
5 Nagasaki Main Line To Hizen-Kashima・Isahaya / To SagaTosu
Sasebo Line To Takeo Onsen・Haiki

Adjacent stations

edit
Service
Nagasaki Main Line
Ushizu Local Hizen-Shiroishi
Sasebo Line
Terminus Local Ōmachi
JR Kyushu Limited Express
Saga Kamome Hizen-Kashima
Saga Huis Ten Bosch Takeo-Onsen
Saga Midori Takeo-Onsen

History

edit

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. Hizen-Yamaguchi (then known as Yamaguchi) 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, which at that time, ran through Takeo and Haiki to Nagasaki. On 1 March 1913, the station was renamed Hizen-Yamaguchi. On 1 December 1934, the stretch of track from Hizen-Yamaguchi through Takeo, Haiki to Sasebo was designated the Sasebo Line and Hizen-Yamaguchi replaced Haiki as the starting point. A new track branching from Hizen-Yamaguchi through Hizen-Ōura to Nagasaki built from 1930 to 1934 was designated 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.[5][6] On 23 September 2022, the station was renamed Kōhoku.

Passenger statistics

edit

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 1163 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 145th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

Surroundings

edit

North

edit
  • Kōhoku City Hall
  • Yamaguchi Post Office
  • Substitute Kannon
  • Tōshō-ji

South

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "肥前山口" [Hizen-Yamaguchi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. ^ 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. 21, 65, 70. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. ^ a b "肥前山口" [Hizen-Yamaguchi]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 30 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 216, 222–3. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 714, 727. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  7. ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅(2019年度)" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
edit

  Media related to Kōhoku Station (Saga) at Wikimedia Commons