is a railway station operated by

Kyushu Railway Company 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 (JR Kyushu), Beetle hydrofoil service across th ...

(JR Kyushu) in

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, Japan. 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 ...

and is served by the

Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen The is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed rail line on the northwest part of Kyushu Island that is operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The line is informally known as the Nagasaki Shinkansen. The section of the line between and ...

and 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 ...

Lines

The station is served by the

and is located 13.7 km from the starting point of the line at . Besides the local services on the Sasebo Line, the JR Kyushu Limited Express services ''Midori'' (from to ) and ''Huis Ten Bosch'' (from to ) also stop at this station. The

to and from also terminates here. Services to and from are additionally provided with the Limited Express ''

Relay Kamome is a limited express train service operated by JR Kyushu in Japan. It operates between Hakata Station, Hakata and Nagasaki Station (Nagasaki), Nagasaki on the Kagoshima Main Line and the Nagasaki Main Line. ''Kamome'' means seagull in Japanese ...

'' service, with a

cross-platform transfer A cross-platform interchange is a type of interchange between different lines at a metro (or other railway) station. The term originates with the London Underground; such layouts exist in other networks but are not commonly so named. In the Uni ...

for Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen passengers.

Station layout

The station building consists of two side platforms serving two elevated tracks. The station complex has entrances north and south of the tracks and is a modern structure completed in 2009. The Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen has an island platform and a side platform serving three elevated tracks. Platform 10 serves as the cross interchange platform for the limited express Relay Kamome for direct connections to the Shinkansen on Platform 11. However, Track 12 is not in use until the approval for the extension towards Hakata has been made. Facilities include a staff ticket window with a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facility, a waiting room, a cafe, shops and the Takeo Tourist Information Centre. Parking for cars is provided under the elevated structure and car rentals are available.

Platforms

file:Takeo-Onsen Station 20170429-4.jpg, The north entrance of the station in 2017. file:Takeo-Onsen_Station_Platform_10-11_12_20220924.jpg, The Shinkansen platform 10 and 11 in September 2022 file:Takeo onsen sta 01.JPG, Takeo Tourist Information Centre. Also a shop for local produce. file:Takeo onsen sta 02.JPG, Ticket office (right) and a shop.

History

The private

Kyushu Railway was a company that built and operated railways in Kyushu, one of four main islands of Japan. Most of its lines came under the control of Japanese Government Railways following nationalization in 1907, and many are now operated by Kyushu Railway ...

had opened a track from to on 20 August 1891. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended westwards with Takeo-Onsen opening as the new western terminus on 5 May 1895 with the name Takeo. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907,

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) 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 to

Nagasaki , officially , is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Founded by the Portuguese, the port of Portuguese_Nagasaki, Nagasaki became the sole Nanban trade, port used for tr ...

. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and the track serving Takeo was designated the

. On 19 June 1975, the station was renamed Takeo-Onsen. 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. Work to elevate the station commenced in Fiscal 1997. The south entrance of the station and the elevation of platforms 2 and 3 were completed in February 2008. The north entrance and the addition of one more platform (platform 1) was completed the following year and the ceremony to mark the completion of the elevation project was held on 5 December 2009. Takeo-Onsen Station is a terminus of the

. On 26 March 2008, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan granted permission for the start of construction. The Shinkansen platforms are to the south of the existing station. Platform 10 on the conventional line will serve as a direct transfer for passengers on the Shinkansen traveling to Hakata on the

until the completion of the route to Hakata. The line opened on 23 September 2022.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,728 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 106th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

References

External links

Takeo-Onsen Station (JR Kyushu)
{in lang, ja Railway stations in Japan opened in 1895 Railway stations in Saga Prefecture