Ōmisaki Station
Ōmisaki Station (大三東駅, Ōmisaki-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the Ariake neighborhood of the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki. It is operated by third-sector railway company Shimabara Railway.The station is believed to be the closest railway station to the seas around Japan.
Lines
The station is served by the Shimabara Railway Line and is located 34.1 km from the starting point of the line at Isahaya.
Station layout
The station is on the ground level with two opposing unnumbered side platforms and two tracks. Both platforms are connected by a level crossing. It is an unattended station. There is a covered seating area surrounded on three sides on the outbound platform..
Platforms
| station side (west) | ■ ■ Shimabara Railway Line | for Isahaya |
| opposite side (east) | ■ ■Shimabara Railway Line | for Shimabara and Shimabarakō |
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Platforms
History
Ōmisaki Station was opened on 10 May 1913. The current station building was rebuilt in September 1983.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, there were a total of 10,999 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 30 passengers.
Surrounding area
National Route 251- Shimabara City Daisan Higashi Elementary School
See also
References
- ^ 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. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
- ^ "大三東駅" [Ōmisaki Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ Japan's Amazing Train Station, Another "Spirited Away": Ohmisaki, Shimabara Railway, retrieved 27 November 2022By Transit Journey via YouTube and published in October 2022.
- ^ "第67版（令和2年）長崎県統計年鑑" [Nagasaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 67th Edition]. Nagasaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 16 March 2024. See table at section under Transportation and Communications.
External links
Media related to Omisaki Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Shimabara Railway Official Site (in Japanese)