Takematsu Station

Takematsu Station (竹松駅, Takematsu-eki) is the railway station in Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Ōmura Line.[1][2]

Takematsu Station

竹松駅
Takematsu Station in 2008
LocationTakematsu-hon-machi, Ōmura-shi, Nagasaki-ken
Japan
Coordinates32°56′23″N 129°57′12″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Ōmura Line
Distance32.8 km from Haiki
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingAvailable
Disabled accessNo - platforms linked by level crossing with steps
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 May 1922 (1922-05-25)
Passengers
FY20161,254 daily
Rank137th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Takematsu Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Ōmura Line and is located 32.8 km from the starting point of the line at Haiki.[3] Besides the local services on the line, the Rapid Seaside Liner also stops at the station.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of two staggered side platforms serving two tracks. From the forecourt, a flight of steps leads up to the station building, a modern steel-frame structure which houses a staffed ticket window and a waiting room. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a level crossing with steps at both ends.[2][3]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Ōmura Line
Matsubara Local Suwa
JR Kyushu Rapid
 Seaside Liner Ōmura

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 25 May 1922 as an additional station on what was then the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and the track from Haiki, through Takematsu to Isahaya was designated the Ōmura Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[7][8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,254 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 137th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

Environs

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "竹松" [Takematsu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  3. Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 36, 73. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. "竹松" [Takematsu]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  5. "長崎支店内各駅" [Stations within the Nagasaki Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  6. "竹松駅" [Takematsu Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 19 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  7. 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. p. 227. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. 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. 738. ISBN 4533029809.
  9. "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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