Utsutsugawa Station

Utsutsugawa Station
現川駅
Location Japan
Coordinates 32°47′28″N 129°55′35″E / 32.79111°N 129.92639°E / 32.79111; 129.92639Coordinates: 32°47′28″N 129°55′35″E / 32.79111°N 129.92639°E / 32.79111; 129.92639
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s) ■ Nagasaki Main Line
Distance 114.8 km from Tosu
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2 + 1 through-track
Construction
Structure type At grade
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Designated parking area for bikes
Disabled access No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 2 October 1972 (1972-10-02)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 617 daily
Rank 218th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Utsutsugawa Station
Location within Japan

Utsutsugawa Station (現川駅, Utsutsugawa-eki) is a railway station in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 114.8 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3] Besides local trains on the line, some trains of the Rapid Seaside Liner service between Sasebo and Nagasaki also stop at the station.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. A third through-track runs in between the two. There is no station building. A small shed, integrated with the shelter for platform 1 used to house a ticket window but, as the station is now unstaffed, it has been converted into a compartment for an automatic ticket vending machine. A SUGOCA card reader is also provided at the station entrance. Although it is possible to access platform 1 from the access road without any steps, access to platform 2 requires the use of a footbridge.[3][2][5]

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Nagasaki Main Line
Hizen-Koga Local Urakami
JR Kyushu Rapid
 Seaside Liner (some trains) Urakami

History

On 2 October 1972, Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened a new, shorter, inland route for the Nagasaki Main Line between Kikitsu and Urakami, thus bypassing the longer coastal route via Nagayo. Hizen-Koga was opened on the same day as one of the intermediate stations along this new route. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[6][7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 617 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 218th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

Environs

  • Nagasaki Junshin University and College
  • Nagasaki City Takashirodai Elementary School Utsutsugawa Branch
  • Nagasaki Bypass

References

  1. ↑ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 "現川" [Utsutsugawa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 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. p. 42, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. ↑ "現川駅" [Utsutsugawa]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "長崎本線・現川駅に行ってきました" [I went to Utsutsugawa Station Nagasaki Main Line]. Ameblo.jp. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  6. ↑ 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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 222–3. ISBN 4533029809.
  7. ↑ 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 717. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. ↑ "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.
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