Mimasaka Station

Mimasaka Station (三間坂駅, Mimasaka-eki) is a train station in Yamauchi-cho Oaza Mimasaka, Takeo, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Sasebo Line.[1][2]

Mimasaka Station

三間坂駅
Mimasaka Station in 2008
LocationTakeo, Saga
Japan
Coordinates33°11′41″N 129°56′52″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Sasebo Line
Distance21.5 km from Hizen-Yamaguchi
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2 + 1 siding + 1 through-track
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 July 1897 (1897-07-10)
Passengers
FY2016353 daily
Rank286th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Mimasaka Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 21.5 km from the starting point of the line at Hizen-Yamaguchi.[3] Only local services on the Sasebo Line stop at this station.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks (track 1 and track 3). Track 2 is a through-track which runs between the other two and a siding branches off track 1. The station building is a timber structure which used to house a ticket window but has become unstaffed and presently serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2]

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Sasebo Line
Nagao Local Kami-Arita

History

The private Kyushu Railway had opened a track from Tosu to Saga and Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen) by 5 May 1895. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended further west with Haiki opening as the new western terminus on 10 July 1897. Mimasaka was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track. 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 Mimasaka and Haiki to Nagasaki was designated the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and the official starting point of the Sasebo Line was moved from Haiki to Hizen-Yamaguchi. As such Mimasaka now became part of the Sasebo 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.[5][6]

The station became unstaffed in 2016.[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 353 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 286th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

Environs
  • Mimasaka Post Office
  • Takeo City Office Yamauchi Branch

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "三間坂" [Mimasaka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 24 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. 25, 71. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. "三間坂" [Mimasaka]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. 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.
  6. 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. 728. ISBN 4533029809.
  7. "駅営業体制の見直しについて" [Revision of station sales system] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  8. "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 25 February 2018.


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