Saigō Station (西郷駅, Saigō-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in Mizuho neighborhood of the city of Unzen, Nagasaki. It is operated by third-sector railway company Shimabara Railway.[1][2]
Saigō Station 西郷駅 | |||||||||||
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 Saigō Station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Mizuho-chō, Unzen-shi, Nagasaki-ken 859-1206 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°52′22.03″N 130°14′38.18″E / 32.8727861°N 130.2439389°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Shimabara Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Shimabara Railway Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 23.0 km from Isahaya | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 October 1912 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2018 | 64 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Shimabara Railway Line and is located 23.0 km from the starting point of the line at Isahaya.[1]
Station layout
editThe station is on the ground level with two opposing unnumbered side platforms and two tracks. The two platforms are staggered, with the south platform slightly offset toward Jindaicho and the north platform slightly offset toward Taisho. The two platforms are connected by a level crossing (without barriers or alarms. The station building is adjacent to the south platform, and a waiting room is located on the north platform. The station building is a single-story building, and inside there are toilets, a waiting room, and a station office. It is an unmanned station.
Platforms
edit| station side (south) | ■ ■ Shimabara Railway Line | for Isahaya |
| opposite side (north) | ■ ■Shimabara Railway Line | for Shimabara and Shimabarakō |
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Level crossing
History
editSaigō Station was opened on 10 October 1912.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2018, there were a total of 23,530 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 64 passengers.[3]
Surrounding area
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National Route 251- Unzen City Mizuho General Branch Office (formerly Mizuho Town Hall)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
- ^ "西郷駅" [Saigō Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "第67版（令和2年）長崎県統計年鑑" [Nagasaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 67th Edition]. Nagasaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 16 March 2024. See table at section under Transportation and Communications.
External links
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Media related to Saigō Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Shimabara Railway Official Site (in Japanese)