The station is served by the old line or the Nagayo branch of the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 20.6 km from the branch point at Kikitsu.[3] Only local trains run on this branch.[4]
Station layout
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. There is no station building. A small shed on the platform houses a ticket window which is, however, now unstaffed. An automatic ticket vending machine and a weather shelter are provided.[3][2]
Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station as a temporary stop on 9 March 1987. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the facility and upgraded it to a full passenger station.[5]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 728 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 201st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]
^ ab"西浦上" [Nishi-Urakami]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ abKawashima, 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. 44, 69. ISBN9784062951647.
^"西浦上" [Nishi-Urakami]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^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. 717. ISBN4-533-02980-9.
^"駅別乗車人員上位300駅(平成28年度)" [Passengers embarking by station – Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original(PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.