is the

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in Hontabaru-men,

Saza is a town located in Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of March 31, 2017, the town has an estimated population of 13,825 and a density of 430 persons per km2. The total area is 32.30 km2. Transportation Railway Matsuur ...

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 ...

. It is operated by

Matsuura Railway is a third-sector railway company in Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagasaki and Saga Prefecture in Japan. Lines The railway company operates the 93.8 km Nishi-Kyushu Line from in Saga Prefecture to in Nagasaki Prefecture, with 57 stations. Princ ...

and is on the

Nishi-Kyūshū Line The is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Matsuura Railway, which connects Arita in Saga Prefecture with Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture. This is the westernmost railway line in Japan, with Tabira-Hiradoguchi Stati ...

Lines

Adjacent stations

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Station layout

The station is ground level with two platforms and three tracks.

Environs

This station stands near the central area of Saza Town. * National Route 204 *Saza Bus Center *Saza Town Office *JP Saza Post Office * Shinwa Bank Saza Branch

History

On 27 December 1931, the station opened as Sasa Station for business as the Sasebo Railway built a branch from Yotsuyubi (later renamed Yotsuibi) on the existing line connecting the city of Sasebo and Usunoura. On 24 October 1933, a new line was opened from Sasa to Sechibaru. This opening was actually a transfer of an existing private mining railway to the railway company. On 1 October 1936, the Sasebo Railway was nationalized. Simultaneously, the station name was changed from Sasa to Saza, without changing the

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script. On 1 March 1945, the railway route was changed so that Saza became a junction of the Matsuura Line and the Usunoura Line. The operation of the Usunoura Line (Saza–Usunoura) was discontinued on 26 December 1971. On 1 April 1987, the Japanese National Railways was privatized and this station was inherited by

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. On 1 April 1988, this station was inherited by

References

External links

Matsuura Railway (Japanese)
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1931 Railway stations in Nagasaki Prefecture Saza, Nagasaki {{Nagasaki-railstation-stub