Taishō Station (大正駅, Taishō-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Unzen, Nagasaki. It is operated by third-sector railway company Shimabara Railway.[1][2]
Taishō Station 大正駅 | |||||||||||
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 Taishō Station (Nagasaki) in 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Mizuho-chō, Unzen-shi, Nagasaki-ken 859-1215 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°51′23.62″N 130°12′49.23″E / 32.8565611°N 130.2136750°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Shimabara Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Shimabara Railway Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 20.8 km from Isahaya | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 9 March 1955 | ||||||||||
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| FY2018 | 26 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Shimabara Railway Line and is located 20.8 km from the starting point of the line at Isahaya.[1]
Station layout
editThe station is on the ground level with one side platform and one track. It is an attended station and does not have a station building. In October of 2023, the station building burned down due to a careless smoker. His case was subsequently sent to prosecutors on negligence charges.[3]
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Platform
History
editTaishō Station was opened on 9 March 1955.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2018, there were a total of 9,372 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 26 passengers.[4]
Surrounding area
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National Route 251- Mizuho Economic Agricultural Management Center
- Unzen City Taisho Elementary School
- Taisho Fishing Port
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.
- ^ "大正駅" [Taishō Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "島原鉄道駅舎の火事"たばこの吸い殻が原因"利用客を書類送検". NHK NEWS WEB (in Japanese). Japan Broadcasting Corporation. 19 March 2024. Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "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 Taishō Station (Nagasaki) at Wikimedia Commons
- Shimabara Railway Official Site (in Japanese)