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Ōmachi Station

大町駅
Ōmachi Station; 大町駅
	Ōmachi Station in January 2023
General information
Location	Fukumo, Ōmachi-cho, Kishima-gun, Saga-ken 849-2102; Japan
Coordinates	33°12′45″N 130°06′23″E / 33.212442°N 130.106514°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Sasebo Line
Distance	5.1 km from Hizen-Yamaguchi
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	No – platforms accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 December 1919
Passengers
FY2015	250 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Ōmachi Station Location within Saga Prefecture Ōmachi Station Ōmachi Station (Japan)

Ōmachi Station (大町駅, Ōmachi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Ōmachi, Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 5.1 km from the starting point of the line at Hizen-Yamaguchi.^[3] Only Sasebo Line local services stop at this station.^[4]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 1. The station building is a small brick structure. The ticket window which it houses has become unstaffed and the building presently serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.^[3]^[2]^[5]

Platforms

1	■ Sasebo Line	for Takeo-Onsen, Arita and Kitagata
2	■ Sasebo Line	for Saga and Tosu

Interior
Inside the footbridge
Platform
former station building（March 2006）

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 11 December 1919 as Ōmachi Signal Box on the existing track of what was then the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 September 1928, the facility was upgraded to a full station and passenger services commenced. On 1 December 1934, station became part of the Sasebo 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.^[6]^[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 91,291 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 250 passengers.^[8]

Environs

Saga Sanyo Industries
Ōmachi City Hall
Ōmachi Post Office
Ōmachi Higashi Post Office
Ōmachi Hospital
Ōmachi Police Station
Ōmachi Elementary School
Ōmachi Junior High School

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "大町" [Ōmachi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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. 20, 70. ISBN 9784062951647.
^ "大町" [Ōmachi]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ "佐世保線・大町駅に行ってきました" [I went to Ōmachi Station Sasebo Line]. Ameblo.jp. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
^ 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. p. 216. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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. pp. 727–8. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "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.