is a passenger

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located in the city of

Isahaya is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 131,467 in 55169 households, and a population density of 380 people per km2. The total area of the city is Geography Located in the ...

Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,246,4 ...

, 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 109.4 km from the starting point of the line at . Besides local trains on the line, some trains of the Rapid ''Seaside Liner'' service between and also stop at the station.

Station layout

The station 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 at grade. The station structure is no more than a roof for steps down to an underpass leading to the island platform. A ticket window is integrated into the structure but is however unstaffed.

Platforms

file:JRKyushu Ichinuno Station 2.jpg, A view of the island platform and tracks, looking in the direction of .

History

On 2 October 1972,

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) opened a new, shorter, inland route for the Nagasaki Main Line between and , thus bypassing the longer coastal route via . Ichinuno was opened on the same day as one of the intermediate stations along this new route. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, there were a total of 105,307 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 289 passengers. See table at section under Transportation and Communications.

Environs

* *

Nagasaki Expressway is one of the Expressways of Japan from Tosu to Nagasaki. It runs through the prefecture of Saga, and the southern half of the Nagasaki prefecture. The total length is 120.4 km. History * November 16, 1973, Tosu Interchange and Junction ...

, Nagasaki Bypass: Nagasaki-Tarami Interchange *Nagasaki Bypass: Koga-Ichinuno Interchange

References

External links

Ichinuno Station (JR Kyushu)
{{Nagasaki Main Line Railway stations in Nagasaki Prefecture Nagasaki Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1972 Isahaya, Nagasaki