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Igaya Station
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Igaya Station (伊賀屋駅, Igaya-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the Hyōgo neighborhood of the city of Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]
Key Information
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Lines
[edit]The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 20.2 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3]
Station layout
[edit]The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. A small station building of simple concrete construction, serves as a waiting room and houses an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2]
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ JH Nagasaki Main Line | for Saga and Nagasaki |
| 2 | ■ JH Nagasaki Main Line | for Tosu |
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View of the platforms and tracks.
History
[edit]Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 1 December 1928 as an additional station on the existing track of the Nagasaki Main 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.[4][5]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2011, the daily average number of passengers using the station (boarding passengers only) was 253.
Surrounding area
[edit]- Saga Vocational Ability Development Promotion Center
- Igaya Tenman-gu
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b "伊賀屋" [Igaya]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 12 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. 16, 65. ISBN 9784062951647.
- ^ 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. 222-3. 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. 712. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
External links
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Media related to Igaya Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Igaya Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)