is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

located in the town of Ōmachi, Kishima District,

Saga Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of roughly 780,000 and has a geographic area of . Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasaki Prefect ...

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. It is operated by

JR Kyushu The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait be ...

Lines

The station is served by the

Sasebo Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Kōhoku Station in Kōhoku, Saga Prefecture to Sasebo Station in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. It is part of the route connecting Sasebo wi ...

and is located 5.1 km from the starting point of the line at . Only Sasebo Line local services stop at this station.

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 1. The station building is a small brick structure. The ticket window which it houses has become unstaffed and the building presently serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.

Platforms

JRK Omachi-STA Inside.jpg, Interior JRK Omachi-STA Ticket.jpg, Inside the footbridge JRK Omachi-STA Platform1-2.jpg, Platform Saga Omachi Station 2006.JPG, former station building（March 2006）

History

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national rail transport, railway system directly operated by the until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Railways Group. Name The English name "Japanese ...

(JGR) opened the station on 11 December 1919 as Ōmachi Signal Box on the existing track of what was then the

Nagasaki Main Line The , or simply known as the Nagasaki Line, is a railway line owned by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) connecting Tosu Station in Saga Prefecture to Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. There is a separate branch of this line ...

. On 1 September 1928, the facility was upgraded to a full station and passenger services commenced. On 1 December 1934, station became part of the

. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 91,291 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 250 passengers. See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.

Environs

*Saga Sanyo Industries *Ōmachi City Hall *Ōmachi Post Office *Ōmachi Higashi Post Office *Ōmachi Hospital *Ōmachi Police Station *Ōmachi Elementary School *Ōmachi Junior High School

References

External links

Ōmachi Station (JR Kyushu)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Omachi Station (Saga) Railway stations in Saga Prefecture Sasebo Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1896