Haenosaki Station 南風崎駅  | |||||||||||
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 Haenosaki Station in 2008 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Haenosakicho, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki-ken 859-3236 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°05′13″N129°48′03″E / 33.0869°N 129.8009°E /33.0869; 129.8009 | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■Ōmura Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 5.6 km fromHaiki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 + 1 siding | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No - platforms linked by level crossing with steps | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 January 1898 (1898-01-20) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2014 | 18 daily | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Haenosaki Station (南風崎駅,Haenosaki-eki) is a passengerrailway station located in Haenosaki-cho,Sasebo,Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated byJR Kyushu.[1][2]
The station is served by theŌmura Line and is located 5.6 km from the starting point of the line atHaiki.[3] Only local trains stop at the station.[4]
The station consists of twoside platforms serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 1. The station building, a steel frame structure of modern design, is unstaffed and the waiting room is closed. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a level crossing with steps at both ends.[2][3][5]
| 1 | ■ Ōmura Line | forNagasaki |
| 2 | ■ Ōmura Line | forSasebo |
The privateKyushu Railway, in building a line toNagasaki, had opened a track southwards fromTosu toSaga and Takeo (todayTakeo-Onsen) by 1895. By 1897, the track had reachedHaiki. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended towardsŌmura which opened as the new terminus on 20 January 1898. Haenosaki was opened on the same day as an intermediate station between Haiki and Ōmura. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907,Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, track from Tosu through Haiki to Nagasaki was designated theNagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and the track from Haiki, through Haenosaki toIsahaya was designated theŌmura Line. With the privatization ofJapanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[6][7]
At the end of the Second World War, Japanese soldiers and civilians repatriated from overseas were housed in nearbyHario Island. After a period of quarantine, they were then transported home in special trains from Haenosaki Station. This part of the station history is written about on a sign board at the station.[5]
In fiscal 2014, there were a total of 6,423 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 18 passengers.[8]
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