is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in

Sasebo is a core city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is also the second largest city in Nagasaki Prefecture, after its capital, Nagasaki. On 1 June 2019, the city had an estimated population of 247,739 and a population density of 581 persons p ...

Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 Square kilometre, km2 (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders ...

, Japan. It is operated by

JR Kyushu The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait ...

and is the junction of the

and Ōmura Lines.

Lines

The station is served by the

Sasebo Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Kōhoku Station in Kōhoku, Saga Prefecture to Sasebo Station in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. It is part of the route connecting Sasebo wit ...

and is located 39.9 km from the starting point of the line at . There is no through track. Trains stopping at the station execute a switchback before continuing their journey towards either termini of the line. The station is also the starting point of the

Ōmura Line is a railway line in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Haiki Station in Sasebo to Isahaya Station in Isahaya. From 1898 the line was part of the Nagasaki Main Line until the Hizen Yamaguch ...

although most of the local trains on the line continue their journey to end at Sasebo using the Sasebo Line track. Besides the local services on the Sasebo Line, the following rapid and limited express services also stop at the station: *''Seaside Liner'' – rapid service from to *''Midori'' – limited express from to ) *''Huis Ten Bosch'' – limited express from to

Station layout

The station consists of a side and an island platform serving four tracks. Track/platform 1 is a dead-end siding and juts into the other side of platform 2. It is used as by trains on the Sasebo Line to perform a switchback to continue their journey after stopping at the station as there is no through-track. Track 3 is a through-track for Sasebo Line towards the Ōmura Line while tracks 4/5 are served by platforms 4 and 5, the island platform. The station building is a hashigami structure where station facilities are located on a bridge spanning the tracks, with entrances on both the east and west side of the tracks. On the bridge structure are located a waiting area, a kiosk, and a staffed ticket window with a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facility. Elevators lead up from the station entrances to the bridge and from the bridge to the platforms. Parking for cars is provided at both the west and east entrances of the station and there is a designated parking area for bicycles. To the east of the station are multiple sidings and a turntable belonging to the maintenance depot or "driving centre" of the Nagasaki branch of JR Kyushu. file:HaikiStation New and Old Stationbuilding.jpg, The west entrance of the station in 2014. To the right is the old station building, since demolished. The sign says "Thank You, Haiki Station". file:View of Sasebo Line from platform 4 of Haiki Station (North).JPG, A view of platforms 2 and 4. Track 3 (there is no platform 3) is the through-track in the middle. file:View from overpass of Haiki Station (North).JPG, The sidings of the maintenance depot.

Adjacent stations

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History

The private

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 C ...

had opened a track from to and Takeo (today ) by 5 May 1895. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended further west with Haiki opening as the new western terminus on 10 July 1897. By 20 January 1898, Haiki became a through-station when the track was extended to while another branch had reached Ōmura and then on 27 November that year, and by 5 April 1905,

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...

. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907,

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 Rai ...

(JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, track from Tosu through Haiki to Nagasaki was designated the

Nagasaki Main Line The , or simply Nagasaki Line, is a railway line owned by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) connecting Tosu Station in Saga Prefecture to Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. There is a separate branch of this line from Kikitsu S ...

while the branch from to Sasebo was designated the

with Haiki as the official starting point. 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 . The track from Haiki to Isahaya was designated the

. With the privatization of

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 pref ...

(JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu. On 11 October 2014, a hashigami-format station building was opened, replacing the old station building, a historic timber structure in western style which was built in 1897.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,646 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 108th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

References

External links

Haiki Station (JR Kyushu)
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