Nagasu Station

Railway station in Nagasu, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

32°56′07″N 130°27′21″E / 32.9354°N 130.4557°E / 32.9354; 130.4557Operated by

JR KyushuLine(s)■ Kagoshima Main Line,Distance159.4 km from MojikōPlatforms1 side + 1 island platformsTracks3ConnectionsBus stopConstructionStructure typeAt gradeParkingAvailableBicycle facilitiesDesignated parking area for bikesAccessibleNo - steps to station and from station to platformsOther informationStatusStaffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 April 1891 (1891-04-01)PassengersFY2020525 dailyRank211th (among JR Kyushu stations) Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Ōnoshimo towards Kagoshima		Kagoshima Main Line		Minami-Arao towards Mojikō

Location
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Nagasu Station (長洲駅, Nagasu-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Nagasu, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 159.4 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.^[3] Both local and rapid services on the line stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The station building is a hashigami structure with the various station facilities such as the ticket window, waiting area and ticket gates located on a bridge which spans the tracks. The bridge has entrances on both the south and north side of the tracks. Access to the facilities on the bridge and from the bridge to the platforms is by means of various flights of steps.^[3]^[2]^[4]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket counter which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[5]^[6]

Platforms

1, 2	■ ■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Tamana and Kumamoto
2, 3	■ ■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Ōmuta, Kurume and Tosu

A view of the station platforms. Note the bridge where the ticket window and waiting area is located.
The north entrance of the station. There is a bus stop at the station entrance.

History

The privately run Kyushu Railway had opened a stretch of track between Hakata and the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop on 11 December 1889. After several phases of expansion northwards and southwards, by February 1891, the line stretched from Kurosaki south to Kurume. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended south to Takase (now Tamana) opening as the new southern terminus on 1 April 1891. Nagasu was opened on the same day as one of several intermediate stations on the new stretch of track. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Hitoyoshi Main Line and then on 21 November 1909, part of the Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.^[7]^[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 525 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 211th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[9]

Surrounding area

Nagasu Town Kiyosato Elementary School
Nagasu Town Hall

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "長洲" [Nagasu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 3 April 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6巻熊本大分エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 19, 68. ISBN 9784062951654.
^ "長洲" [Nagasu]. Retrieved 3 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
^ "熊本支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kumamoto Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ "長洲駅" [Nagasu Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 3 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
^ 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. 218. 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. p. 682. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF) (in Japanese). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 8 September 2021.