Ōkusa Station (大草駅, Ōkusa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]
Okusa Station 大草駅  | |||||||
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 Okusa Station in 2008 | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Taramicho Motogama, Isahaya-shi, Nagasaki-ken 859-0414 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 32°51′36″N 129°56′18″E / 32.86000°N 129.93833°E | ||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||
| Line(s) | JH Nagasaki Main Line | ||||||
| Distance | 7.2 km from Kikitsu (starting point of branch) | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 2 + 1 siding | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 27 November 1898 | ||||||
| Previous names | Higashisono Signal Box (until 1 October 1966) | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| FY2014 | 139 daily | ||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the old line or the Nagayo branch of the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 7.2 km from the branch point at Kikitsu.[3] Only local trains run on this branch.[4]
Station layout
editThe station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 1. The station building is a v-shaped modern timber structure which is unstaffed and houses a waiting room with a SUGOCA farecard reader. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2][5]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ JH Nagasaki Main Line | for Isahaya, Saga and Tosu |
| 2 | ■ JH Nagasaki Main Line | for Nagasaki |
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A view of the station platforms and tracks.
Adjacent stations
edit| ← | Service | → | ||
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| Nagasaki Main Line (old line) | ||||
| Higashisono | Local | Honkawachi | ||
History
editThe private Kyushu Railway, had opened a track from Tosu to Saga by 5 May 1895, and thereafter expanding southwards in phases, as part of the construction of a line to Nagasaki. Separately, a track was laid from Urakami (then known as Nagasaki) north to Nagayo, which opened on 22 July 1897 as the terminus. On 27 November 1898, a link up was made between Nagayo and the track from Tosu which had expanded south to Ōmura. Okusa was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new stretch of 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, the track from Tosu through Haiki, Ōmura, Nagayo to Nagasaki was designated the Nagasaki Main Line. On 2 October 1972, a shorter inland bypass route was opened between Kikitsu through Ichinuno to Urakami was opened, which became known as the new line or Ichinuno branch of the Nagasaki Main Line. The section serving Okusa became known as the old line or the Nagayo branch. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[6][7]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2014, there were a total of 50,679 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 139 passengers.[8]
Environs
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b "大草" [Okusa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ a b 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. 42, 69. ISBN 9784062951647.
- ^ "東園" [Higashisono]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "大草" [Okusa]. seaside-station.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 222–3. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 717. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "第63版（平成28年）長崎県統計年鑑" [Nagasaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 63rd Edition 2016]. Nagasaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 16 March 2018. See table at section under Transportation and Communications.
External links
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Media related to Ōkusa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Okusa Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)