Kawatana Station

Kawatana Station (川棚駅, Kawatana-eki) is the major railway station in the town of Kawatana, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Ōmura Line.[1][2]

Kawatana Station

川棚駅
Kawatana Station in 2007
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°04′07″N 129°51′50″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Ōmura Line
Distance13.6 km from Haiki
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingAvailable
Disabled accessYes - platforms linked by level crossing and ramps
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened20 January 1898 (1898-01-20)
Passengers
FY2016921 daily
Rank174th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Kawatana Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Ōmura Line and is located 13.6 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 platforms serving two tracks. The platforms and tracks are not opposed. Platform/track 2 is actually on the far side of what was once an island platform with the centre line removed. A siding runs beside track 2. The station building is a steel frame structure of modern design and houses a waiting room and staffed ticket window. A ramp leads up to the station building from the forecourt. Access to the opposite site platform is by means of a level crossing with ramps at both ends. A footbridge allows pedestrians to cross from one side of the tracks to the other. Parking for cars is available both at the station forecourt and on the other side of the tracks.[3][2][5]

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.[6][7]

Platforms
JR Tracks
1 ■Ōmura Line To Nagasaki・Isahaya・Ōmura
2 ■Ōmura Line To Sasebo・Haiki・Huis Ten Bosch

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Ōmura Line
Ogushigō Local Sonogi
JR Kyushu Rapid
 Seaside Liner Sonogi

Environs
  • National Route 205
  • Saihi bus Kawatana Bus Station
  • Kawatana post office
  • Kawatana police office
  • Kawatana River
  • New-Crein hotel
  • Kawatana public office
  • Nagasaki Kawatana Medical Center

History

The private Kyushu Railway, in building a line to Nagasaki, had opened a track southwards from Tosu to Saga and Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen) by 1895. By 1897, the track had reached Haiki. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended towards Ōmura which opened as the new terminus on 20 January 1898. Kawatana was opened on the same day as an intermediate station between Haiki and Ōmura. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, track from Tosu through Haiki to Nagasaki was designated the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and the track from Haiki, through Kawatana 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.[8][9]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 921 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 174th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[10]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "川棚" [Kawatana]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 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. 26, 73. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. "川棚" [Kawatana]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. "大村線・川棚駅に行ってきました" [I went to Kawatana Station Ōmura Line]. Ameblo.jp. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  6. "長崎支店内各駅" [Stations within the Nagasaki Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  7. "川棚駅" [Kawatana Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 20 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 22–3, 225, 227. ISBN 4533029809.
  9. 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. 737. ISBN 4533029809.
  10. "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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