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Takeo-Onsen Station
is a railway station operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Takeo, Saga, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is served by the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen and the Sasebo Line. Lines The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 13.7 km from the starting point of the line at . Besides the local services on the Sasebo Line, the JR Kyushu Limited Express services ''Midori'' (from to ) and ''Huis Ten Bosch'' (from to ) also stop at this station. The Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen to and from also terminates here. Services to and from are additionally provided with the Limited Express ''Kamome, Relay Kamome'' service, with a cross-platform transfer for Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen passengers. Station layout The station building consists of two side platforms serving two elevated tracks. The station complex has entrances north and south of the tracks and is a modern structure completed in 2009. The Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen has an island platform and a side platform se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeo, Saga
is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. In 2011, the city government was the first in Japan to switch to using Facebook for its website. As of October 1, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 48,845 and a population density of 257 persons per km². The total area is 195.44 km². On March 1, 2006, the towns of Kitagata and Yamauchi (both from Kishima District) were merged into Takeo. Geography Takeo is located in the western part of Saga Prefecture. It is approximately west of Saga City and approximately east of Sasebo. Takeo has a complex topography including mountains, mountain basins and riverside plains. * Mountains: Mt. Mifune (210 m), Mt. Hachiman (764 m), Mt. Bi (518 m), Mt. Jinroku (447 m) *Rivers: Rokkaku River, Shiomi River, Yamanaka River Adjoining municipalities *Saga Prefecture **Arita **Imari **Karatsu ** Ōmachi ** Shiroishi **Taku ** Ureshino *Nagasaki Prefecture ** Hasami History *1889-04-01 - The modern municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huis Ten Bosch Station
is a railway station on the Ōmura Line in Haenosaki-chō, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Ōmura Line. This station serves the Huis Ten Bosch theme park after which it is named. Lines The station is served by the Ōmura Line and is located 4.7 km from the starting point of the line at . Besides the local services on the line, the Rapid ''Seaside Liner'' also stops at the station. The station is the terminus for the JR Kyushu Limited Express ''Huis Ten Bosch'' from . Station layout The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is built of brick in a Dutch style to blend with the theme park and is a hashigami structure, built over the platforms and tracks and houses a ticket counter, a waiting area and a shop. A flight of steps and an elevator from the station concourse gives access to the platform below. Platform/track 2 is a through-track and is used by Ōmura Line traffic. Platform/line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan. External links {{Portal bar, Japan, Trains * Railway stations Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Land, Infrastructure, Transport And Tourism (Japan)
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The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council, and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan. The current minister is Tetsuo Saitō, who took office on 4 October 2021. List of Ministers of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (2001–) External linksOfficial site Japan Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 prefectures of Japan. This figure expanded to in 1981 (excluding Shinkansen), but later reduced to as of March 31, 1987, the last day of JNR. JNR operated both passenger and freight services. Shinkansen Shinkansen, the world's first high-speed railway was debuted by JNR in 1964. By the end of JNR in 1987, four lines were constructed: ; Tōkaidō Shinkansen: , completed in 1964 ; Sanyō Shinkansen: , completed in 1975 ; Tōhoku Shinkansen: , as of 1987 ; Jōetsu Shinkansen: , completed in 1982 Buses JNR operated bus lines as feeders, supplements or substitutions of railways. Unlike railway operation, JNR Bus was not superior to other local bus operators. The JR Bus companies are the successors of the bus operation of JNR. Ships JNR o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagasaki Station (Nagasaki)
is a railway station in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It is the terminus of the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen and the Nagasaki Main Line. The station is connected by the ''Kamome'' Shinkansen service and the '' Relay Kamome'' limited express to Hakata, and by the ''Seaside Liner'' rapid service to Sasebo. Nagasaki Electric Tramway services call at a stop in front of the station. Lines * Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen * Nagasaki Main Line Station layout The conventional line station has two elevated island platforms serving five tracks. The Shinkansen station has two island platforms serving four tracks. Platforms History The station was opened on 5 April 1905 when the railway was extended from the former Nagasaki Station to the present station. The former station, opened in 1897, was renamed Urakami Station. *5 April 1905 - Opened by Kyushu Railway. *1 July 1907 - The railways are nationalized and the station becomes part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Railways Group. Name The English name "Japanese Government Railways" was what the Ministry of Railways (established in 1920) used to call its own and sometimes the ministry itself as a railway operator. Other English names for the government railways include Imperial Japanese Government Railways and Imperial Government Railways, which were mainly used prior to the establishment of the ministry. This article covers the railways operated by the central government of Japan from 1872 to 1949 notwithstanding the official English name of the system of each era. Network By the end of World War II in 1945, the Japanese Government Railways operated on the main Japanese islands of Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Karafuto. The railways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyushu Railway
was a company that built and operated railways in Kyushu, one of four main islands of Japan. Most of its lines came under the control of Japanese Government Railways following nationalization in 1907, and many are now operated by Kyushu Railway Company. History The company was incorporated on August 15, 1888 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka. The first of the railway, between Hakata Station in Fukuoka and Chitosegawa temporary station in Asahi, Saga (near Kurume, Fukuoka), opened on December 11, 1889 as the first railway in Kyushu. The company expanded the railway by means of both construction and acquisition of other companies. As of 1907, it operated of railways in Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Ōita and Saga prefectures in northern Kyushu. On July 1, 1907, the entire operation of the company was purchased by the government of Japan under the Railway Nationalization Act. Consequently, the company was dissolved. List of lines Rolling stock A special coach made by German car manufacture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagasaki Station
is a railway station in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It is the terminus of the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen and the Nagasaki Main Line. The station is connected by the ''Kamome'' Shinkansen service and the '' Relay Kamome'' limited express to Hakata, and by the ''Seaside Liner'' rapid service to Sasebo. Nagasaki Electric Tramway services call at a stop in front of the station. Lines * Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen * Nagasaki Main Line Station layout The conventional line station has two elevated island platforms serving five tracks. The Shinkansen station has two island platforms serving four tracks. Platforms History The station was opened on 5 April 1905 when the railway was extended from the former Nagasaki Station to the present station. The former station, opened in 1897, was renamed Urakami Station. *5 April 1905 - Opened by Kyushu Railway. *1 July 1907 - The railways are nationalized and the station becomes part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isahaya Station
is a railway station in Eishō-chō, Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan. It is owned by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), and is the junction between three lines: the Nagasaki Main Line, Ōmura Line and the private Shimabara Railway Line. Lines The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 100.4 km from the starting point of the line at . It is also the eastern terminus of the Ōmura Line, 36.2 km from the starting point at and the western terminus and starting point for the private Shimabara Railway Line. Besides the local services on the line, the JR Kyushu rapid ''Seaside Liner'' service between and stops at the station. This station is also served by the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen. Station layout The station consists of three side platform and two island platforms serving seven tracks. Track/platform 0 is a dead-end siding which juts into the platform 1 (the side platform) and is used exclusively by the trains of the Shimabara Railway Line. Platform 2 is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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