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Railway station in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ōchi Station (相知駅, Ōchi-eki) is a passenger railway station operated by JR Kyushu located in the city of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]
![]() Ōchi Station in 2008 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Ochicho Ochi, Karatsu-shi, Saga-ken 849-3201 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°20′49″N 130°01′12″E | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
Line(s) | JK Karatsu Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 26.0 km from Kubota | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus stop | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Accessible | No - platforms linked by footbridge | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Tickets sold by kan'i itaku agent | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 13 June 1899 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2015 | 230 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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The station is served by the Karatsu Line and is located 26.0 km from the starting point of the line at Kubota.[3]
The station consists of two unnumbered side platforms serving two tracks. It had originally been a side and an island platform but the centre track has been removed. A station building also doubles as a community hall. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. The station is unstaffed but a kan'i itaku agent sells some types of tickets from the ticket window in the station building.[2][3][4]
North (Station)side | ■ JK Karatsu Line | for Saga |
South side | ■ JK Karatsu Line | for Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu |
On 1 December 1898, the Karatsu Kogyo Railway had opened a track from Miyoken (now Nishi-Karatsu) to Yamamoto. On 13 June 1899, the track was extended to Kyūragi with Ōchi opening on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. On 23 February 1902, the company, now renamed the Karatsu Railway, merged with the Kyushu Railway. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the line which served the station was designated the Karatsu 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.[5][6]
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 84,066 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 230 passengers.[7]
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