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Railway station in Arita, Saga Prefecture, Japan

Kami-Arita Station
上有田駅
General information
Location1-chōme-13 Nakadaru, Arita-cho, Nishimatsuura-gun, Saga-ken 844-0002
Japan
Coordinates33°11′25″N 129°54′21″E / 33.1902°N 129.9057°E / 33.1902; 129.9057
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Sasebo Line
Distance25.7 km from Hizen-Yamaguchi
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleNo – platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 October 1898 (1898-10-01)
Previous namesNakataru (until 1 May 1909)
Passengers
FY2015108 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Aritatowards Sasebo Sasebo Line Mimasakatowards Tosu
Location
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Kami-Arita Station (上有田駅, Kami-Arita-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Arita, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

Lines

The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 25.7 km from the starting point of the line at Hizen-Yamaguchi. Only Sasebo Line local services stop at this station.

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two staggered side platforms serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 2 and running on the other side of platform 2. The station building is an original Meiji-era timber structure built in 1909 when the station opened for passenger traffic. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.

The station is normally unstaffed but some types of tickets are available from a kan'i itaku agent outside the station. In addition, during the "Arita Pottery City", a major ceramic pottery fair held in the town of Arita during Golden Week, a ticket window with a POS machine would be set up.

  • Arita Station during Golden Week 2017. The sign says "Arita Pottery City information centre". Arita Station during Golden Week 2017. The sign says "Arita Pottery City information centre".
  • A view of the platforms and tracks. The siding can be seen to the far left. A view of the platforms and tracks. The siding can be seen to the far left.

Adjacent stations

← Service →
Sasebo Line
Mimasaka Local Arita

History

The private Kyushu Railway, in building a line to Nagasaki, had opened a track from Tosu to Saga and Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen) by 5 May 1895 and had expanded to Haiki by 10 July 1897. On 1 October 1989. the station was opened as an intermediate station on the existing track between Takeo-Onsen and Haiki. At the time it was named Nakataru (中樽) and was for freight only. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 1 May 1909, passenger services commenced and the station was renamed Kami-Arita. On 12 October 1909, track from Tosu through Kami-Arita and Haiki to Nagasaki was designated the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and the official starting point of the Sasebo Line was moved to Hizen-Yamaguchi. As such, Kami-Arita became part of the Sasebo 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 39,518 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 108 passengers.

Environs

See also

References

  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ "上有田" [Kami-Arita]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. ^ 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. 25, 71. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. "上有田" [Kami-Arita]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. JR Kyushu (2013). JR九州のひみつ [Secrets of JR Kyushu] (in Japanese). PHP Institute, Inc. p. 47. ISBN 9784569814933.
  6. "上有田駅" [Kami-Arita Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 24 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 22–3, 225, 227. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  8. 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. 728. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  9. "佐賀県統計年鑑（平成28年版）" [Saga Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition]. Saga Prefectural Government website. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018. See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.

External links

Media related to Kami-Arita Station at Wikimedia Commons

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