Nagasu Station

Location
	Nagasu Station Location within Japan

Nagasu Station

長洲駅
Nagasu Station; 長洲駅
	The south entrance of Nagasu Station in 2016
General information
Location	Japan
Coordinates	32°56′07″N 130°27′21″E / 32.9354°N 130.4557°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kagoshima Main Line,
Distance	159.4 km from Mojikō
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Designated parking area for bikes
Accessible	No - steps to station and from station to platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1891
Passengers
FY2016	735 daily
Rank	199th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Location
	Nagasu Station Location within Japan

Nagasu Station (長洲駅, Nagasu-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Nagasu, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

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.^[2] Both local and rapid services on the line stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of a side 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.^[2]^[3]^[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]

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.

Adjacent stations

←	Service
Kagoshima Main Line
Minami-Arao	Local	Ōnoshimo
Minami-Arao	Rapid	Ōnoshimo

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 2016, the station was used by an average of 735 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 199th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[9]

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 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]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ "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（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.