Nishi-Ōchi Station

Nishi-Ōchi Station (西相知駅, Nishi-Ōchi-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Chikuhi Line of Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), located in the city of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan.^[1][2]

Nishi-Ōchi Station 西相知駅
Platform of Nishi-Ōchi Station in 2008
General information
Location	Ochicho Sari, Karatsu-shi, Saga-ken 849-3233 Japan
Coordinates	33°20′51″N 129°59′26″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Chikuhi Line
Distance	6.6 km from Yamamoto
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 March 1935 (1935-03-01)
Passengers
FY2015	9 daily
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Lines

The station is served by the western section of the Chikuhi Line and is 6.6 km from the starting point of this section at Yamamoto.^[3]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. There is no station building but a shelter has been set up on the platform. A bike shed is provided nearby.^[2][3]

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Chikuhi Line (western section)
Hizen-Kubo		Local	Sari

History

The private Kitakyushu Railway, which had a track between Hakata and Higashi-Karatsu by 1926 and had expanded southwards to Yamamoto by 1929. In a later phase of expansion, the track was extended west from Yamamoto to Imari, which opened as the western terminus on 1 March 1935. Nishi-Ōchi was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track. The Kitakyushi Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1937. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) assumed control of the station and designated the track which served it as part of the Chikuhi 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 3,431 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 9 passengers.^[6]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "西相知" [Nishi-Ōchi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 31 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. 14, 82. 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. 224–5. 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. 726. 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 Nishi-Ouchi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Nishi-Ōchi Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)