Nabeshima Station

Nabeshima Station (鍋島駅, Nabeshima-eki) is a railway station in Nabeshima Town, Saga City, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line. It is also used by JR Freight.

Nabeshima Station

Layout
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  • It is an above ground station with and overpass connecting two platforms (one island platform, one side platform), and three tracks.
  • Opposite the station building are the freight facilities.

Adjacent stations
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Nagasaki Main Line
Saga Local

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station as Nabeshima signal box (鍋島信号場, Nabeshima-shingōba) on 1 October 1926 on the existing track of the Nagasaki Main Line. On 7 July 1930, the facility was upgraded to a full station and passenger traffic commenced. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 626 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 217th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[3]

References
  1. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 222–3. ISBN 4533029809.
  2. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 713. ISBN 4533029809.
  3. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

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