is a passenger

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in located in the city of Kashima,

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 ...

, Japan. It is operated by

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Lines

The station is served by 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 ...

and is located 57.6 km from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of a

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and an

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serving three tracks. A siding branches off track 1. The station building is an old timber building of western design and houses a waiting room and a tourist information centre. The station is unstaffed but a ticket window is managed by a Kan'i itaku agent. Only some types of tickets are sold and there is no POS machine. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.

Platforms

file:View from overpass of Hizen-Hama Station (north).jpg, A view of the platforms and tracks. Platform 1 is to the left. Note the siding branching off track 1. file:Platform of Hizen-Hama Station 2.jpg, Another view of the platforms, showing the footbridge. file:Hizen-Hama Station Sign 2.jpg, Station name board.

History

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(JGR) built the station in the 1930s during the development of an alternative route for the Nagasaki Main Line along the coast of the Ariake Sea. By March 1930, the track had been extended from to . In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended to Hizen-Hama which opened as the new southern terminus on 30 November 1930. It became a through-station when the track was extended to on 16 April 1934. With the privatization of

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

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the daily average number of passengers using the station (boarding passengers only) was above 100 and below 323. The station did not rank among the top 300 busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area

* Yūtoku Inari Shrine - Japan's third biggest Inari shrine. Hizen-Hama is the closest station although the previous station is more convenient for passengers taking a limited express train. * Japan National Route 207

References

External links

Hizen-Hama Station (JR Kyushu)
{{Nagasaki Main Line Nagasaki Main Line Railway stations in Saga Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Kashima, Saga