Onizuka Station

Onizuka Station (鬼塚駅, Onizuka-eki) is a passenger railway station operated by JR Kyushu located in the city of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan.^[1][2]

Onizuka Station 鬼塚駅
Onizuka Station in 2009
General information
Location	1 Yabutaonizuka, Karatsu-shi, Saga-ken 847-0005 Japan
Coordinates	33°25′12″N 129°59′13″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	JK Karatsu Line JK Chikuhi Line
Distance	36.6 km from Kubota
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Accessible	No - level crossing has steps to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	13 June 1899 (1899-06-13)
Passengers
FY2015	100 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Yamamoto towards Kubota Karatsu Line Karatsu towards Nishi-Karatsu Karatsu towards Nishi-Karatsu Chikuhi Line Yamamoto towards Meinohama
Location Onizuka Station Location within Saga Prefecture Show map of Saga Prefecture Onizuka Station Onizuka Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Karatsu Line and is located 36.6 km from the starting point of the line at Kubota.^[3] The local services of the Chikuhi Line also use the Karatsu Line tracks in the sector between Karatsu and Yamamoto and also stop at this station.

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing with steps at the platform end. A bike shed is provided near the station entrance.^[2][3]

Platforms

west	■ JK Karatsu Line / Chikuhi Line	for Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu
east	■ JK Karatsu Line / Chikuhi Line	for Saga for Imari

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  A view of the station platform and tracks.

History

The station was opened by the Karatsu Kogyo Railway on 13 June 1899 as an additional station on a stretch of track which it had laid in 1898 from Miyoken (now Nishi-Karatsu) to Yamamoto. 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.^[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 36,601 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 100 passengers.^[6]

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 202

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "鬼塚" [Onizuka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 10 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. 13, 81. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 223–4. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
5. 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 720. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
6. "佐賀県統計年鑑（平成28年版）" [Saga Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition]. Saga Prefectural Government website. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018. See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.

External links

Media related to Onizuka Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Onizuka Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)