Shimabarakō Station

Shimabarakō Station (島原港駅, Shimabarakō-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki. It is operated by third-sector railway company Shimabara Railway.^[1][2]

Shimabarakō Station 島原港駅
Station platform in April 2013
General information
Location	Shimokawashirimachi, Shimabara-shi, Nagasaki-ken 855-0861 Japan
Coordinates	32°46′7.9″N 130°22′13.8″E
Operated by	Shimabara Railway
Line(s)	■ Shimabara Railway Line
Distance	43.2 km from Isahaya
Platforms	1 side platform
Construction
Accessible	Wheelchair accessible with ramps
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 November 1960 (1960-11-11)
Previous names	Shimabara Gaikō (to 2019)
Passengers
FY2018	68 daily
Services
Preceding station Shimabara Railway Following station Reikyūkōen-Taiikukan towards Isahaya Shimabara Railway Line Terminus
Location Shimabarakō Station Location within Nagasaki Prefecture Show map of Nagasaki Prefecture Shimabarakō Station Shimabarakō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

The station is the terminus of the Shimabara Railway Line and is located 43.2 km from the opposing terminus of the line at Isahaya.^[1]

Station layout

The station is on the ground level with one side platform and one track. It is an unattended station and does not have automatic ticket vending machines. Before the switching facilities were abolished in 1997, there were two opposing side platforms and two tracks. The unused platform and tracks still exist, but the level crossing between the station building and the station building has been filled in, making it impossible to enter, and the switch part of the track has been removed.^[1][2]

• 
  Station entrance in August 2007
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  View of now-closed section of the line in 2010
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  View back towards the street in February 2017
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  Colourful Shimabara Railway railcar at the station February 2017
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  Outer platform in February 2017

History

Shimabarakō Station was opened on 11 November 1960 as Shimabara Gaikō Station (島原外港駅). The original station building was completely destroyed by fire on 2 November 2010. The station was renamed to its present name on 1 October 2019.^[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, there were a total of 24,905 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 68 passengers.^[4]

Surrounding area

• National Route 251
• Shimabara Port
• Nagasaki Prefectural Shimabara Hospital (formerly Nagasaki Prefectural Shimabara Onsen Hospital)
• Shimabara City Second Junior High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
2. "島原港駅" [Taira Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
3. Shimabara Railway (30 September 2019). "10月以降の鉄道・バスの各種変更について" [Changes in railway and bus from October] (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
4. "第67版（令和2年）長崎県統計年鑑" [Nagasaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 67th Edition]. Nagasaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 16 March 2024. See table at section under Transportation and Communications.

External links

Media related to Shimabarakō Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Shimabara Railway Official Site (in Japanese)