Nishi-Isahaya Station

Nishi-Isahaya Station (西諫早駅, Nishi-Isahaya-eki) is a railway station in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]

Nishi-Isahaya Station

西諫早駅
Nishi-Isahaya Station in 2005
LocationJapan
Coordinates32°50′22″N 130°01′17″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nagasaki Main Line
Distance103.2 km from Tosu
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeEmbankment
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened14 March 1985 (1985-03-14)
Passengers
FY20161,013 daily
Rank163rd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Nishi-Isahaya Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 103.2 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3] Besides the local services on the line, some trains of the JR Kyushu Rapid Seaside Liner service between Sasebo and Nagasaki also stop at the station.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks on an embankment. The station building is at street level and is modern concrete structure with stained glass decorations on the gabled ends. It houses a waiting area and a ticket window. After the ticket gates, an underpass and steps give access to both platforms.[2][3][5]

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.[6][7]

Platforms
1 ■ Nagasaki Main Line for Isahaya and Tosu
■ Rapid Seaside Liner for Isahaya, Ōmura and Sasebo
2 ■ Nagasaki Main Line for Kikitsu, and Nagasaki
■ Rapid Seaside Liner for Kikitsu and Nagasaki

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nagasaki Main Line
Isahaya Local Kikitsu
JR Kyushu Rapid
Isahaya Seaside Liner Kikitsu

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 14 March 1985 as an additional station on the existing track of the Nagasaki Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[8][9]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,013 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 163rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[10]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "西諫早" [Nishi-Isahaya]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 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. 38, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. "西諫早" [Nishi-Isahaya]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. "長崎本線・西諫早駅に行ってきました" [I went to Nishi-Isahaya Station Nagasaki Main Line]. Ameblo.jp. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  6. "長崎支店内各駅" [Stations within the Nagasaki Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  7. "西諫早駅" [Nishi-Isahaya Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 16 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 222–3. ISBN 4533029809.
  9. 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. 715. ISBN 4533029809.
  10. "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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