Michinoo Station

Michinoo Station (道ノ尾駅, Michinoo-eki) is the railway station in Nagayo, Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]

Michinoo Station

道ノ尾駅
Michinoo Station in 2009
LocationJapan
Coordinates32°48′16″N 129°51′10″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nagasaki Main Line
Distance18.9 km from Kikitsu (starting point of branch)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesBike shed
Disabled accessYes - no steps to platform
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened22 July 1897 (1897-07-22)
Passengers
FY2016987 daily
Rank166th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Michinoo Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the old line or the Nagayo branch of the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 18.9 km from the branch point at Kikitsu.[3] Only local trains run on this branch.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. The station building is a timber structure of traditional Japanese design and houses a waiting room and staffed ticket window. A bike shed and parking lots are available at the station forecourt. Across from the platform can be seen the remnants of another, disused platform and the trackbed of a second track, now removed.[3][2]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]

  • A more distant view of the station forecourt showing the parking lots and bike shed.
  • A view of the platform and track. Note to the right the trackbed and disused platform.

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Nagasaki Main Line (old line)
Kōda Local Nishi-Urakami

History

The 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 the same day, Michinoo was opened as an intermediate station between Urakami and Nagayo. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, track from Tosu through Haiki, Ōmura, Michinoo 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 Michinoo 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.[7][8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 987 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 166th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

Environs
  • Route 206
  • Seiyū Michinoo Store
  • Nagasaki City Iwaya Junior High School
  • Nagasaki Technical High School
  • Nagasaki Iwaya Post Office
  • Joyful Sun Michinoo Store
  • Nagasaki Royal Chester Hotel

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "道ノ尾" [Michinoo]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 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. 44, 69. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. "道ノ尾" [Michinoo]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  5. "長崎支店内各駅" [Stations within the Nagasaki Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  6. "道ノ尾駅" [Michinoo Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 18 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. 222–3. 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. 717. ISBN 4533029809.
  9. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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