Hizen-Koga Station Explained

is a railway station in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.^[1]

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 112.3 km from the starting point of the line at . Besides local trains on the line, some trains of the Rapid Seaside Liner service between and also stop at the station.^[2]

Station layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on a sidehill cutting. From the station entrance on the access road, a flight of steps and a ramp lead up to the platform. There is no station building. A small shed at the station entrance houses a ticket window which is, however, no longer staffed. An automatic ticket vending machine and a SUGOCA card reader is provided. Limited parking is available by the side of access road.^{[3] [4] [5]}

History

On 2 October 1972, Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened a new, shorter, inland route for the Nagasaki Main Line between and, thus bypassing the longer coastal route via . Hizen-Koga was opened on the same day as one of the intermediate stations along this new route. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.

In January 2015, JR Kyushu announced that Hizen-Koga would become an unstaffed station from 14 March 2015. This was part of a major effort by the company to reduce its operating deficit by ceasing to staff 32 stations in its network.^[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 423 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 262nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[7]

Environs

• Route 34
• Nagasaki City Koga Elementary School

External links

• Hizen-Koga Station (JR Kyushu)

Notes and References

1. Web site: JR Kyushu Route Map. JR Kyushu. 3 March 2018.
2. Web site: 肥前古賀. Hizen-Koga. 18 March 2018. JR Kyushu official station website.
3. Book: Kawashima, Ryōzō. ja: 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. 2013 . Kodansha. 9784062951647. Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area. Japanese. 42, 67.
4. Web site: 肥前古賀. Hizen-Koga. 18 March 2018. hacchi-no-he.net.
5. Web site: 長崎本線・肥前古賀駅に行ってきました. I went to Hizen-Koga Station Nagasaki Main Line. 27 August 2015. 18 March 2018. Ameblo.jp. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
6. Web site: ＪＲ九州、新たに２０駅を無人化へ 鹿児島線など８路線. JR Kyushu, another 20 stations to be unstaffed, Kagoshima line among 8 lines. 17 June 2018. 7 March 2015. Asahi Shimbun Digital. https://archive.today/20150307121659/http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASH365S2YH36TIPE01N.html. 7 March 2015.
7. Web site: 駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）. Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170801162701/http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/company/info/data/pdf/2016jousya.pdf. 1 August 2017. 3 March 2018.