Kami-Arita Station

Kami-Arita Station (上有田駅, Kami-Arita-eki) is a train station in Nakataru 1-chōme, Arita, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Sasebo Line.[1][2]

Kami-Arita Station

上有田駅
LocationArita, Nishimatsuura, Saga
Japan
Coordinates33°11′25″N 129°54′21″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Sasebo Line
Distance25.7 km from Hizen-Yamaguchi
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 October 1898 (1898-10-01)
Previous namesNakataru (until 1 May 1909)
Passengers
FY2015108 daily
Location
Kami-Arita Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 25.7 km from the starting point of the line at Hizen-Yamaguchi.[3] Only Sasebo Line local services stop at this station.[4]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two staggered side platforms serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 2 and running on the other side of platform 2. The station building is an original Meiji-era timber structure built in 1909 when the station opened for passenger traffic. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2][5]

The station is normally unstaffed but some types of tickets are available from a kan'i itaku agent outside the station. In addition, during the "Arita Pottery City", a major ceramic pottery fair held in the town of Arita during Golden Week, a ticket window with a POS machine would be set up.[6]

  • Arita Station during Golden Week 2017. The sign says "Arita Pottery City information centre".
  • A view of the platforms and tracks. The siding can be seen to the far left.

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Sasebo Line
Mimasaka Local Arita

History

The private Kyushu Railway, in building a line to Nagasaki, had opened a track from Tosu to Saga and Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen) by 5 May 1895 and had expanded to Haiki by 10 July 1897. On 1 October 1989. the station was opened as an intermediate station on the existing track between Takeo-Onsen and Haiki. At the time it was named Nakataru (中樽) and was for freight only. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 1 May 1909, passenger services commenced and the station was renamed Kami-Arita. On 12 October 1909, track from Tosu through Kami-Arita 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 to Hizen-Yamaguchi. As such, Kami-Arita 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.[7][8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 39,518 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 108 passengers.[9]

Environs

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "上有田" [Kami-Arita]. 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. "上有田" [Kami-Arita]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. JR Kyushu (2013). JR九州のひみつ [Secrets of JR Kyushu] (in Japanese). PHP Institute, Inc. p. 47. ISBN 9784569814933.
  6. "上有田駅" [Kami-Arita Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 24 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. "佐賀県統計年鑑（平成28年版）" [Saga Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition]. Saga Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 23 March 2018. See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.

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