is a passenger

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located in the town of Kōhoku, Kishima District,

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, Japan. It is operated by

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and is a junction between the

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and the

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Lines

The station is served by the

and is located 39.6 km from the starting point of the line at . In addition the station is also the eastern terminus of the 48.8 kilometer

. Besides the local services on both lines, the following JR Kyushu limited express services also stop at the station: *''

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'' - from to *''

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'' - from Hakata to *''

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'' - from Hakata to

Station layout

The station consists of a

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and two

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s serving five tracks at grade. There is a

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between platforms 1 and 2 and several more passing loops/sidings south of the station beyond platform 5. The station is a elevated structure where the station facilities are located on a bridge which spans the platforms and which has entrances to the south and north of the tracks. Located on the bridge are a waiting room, a staffed ticket window and the ticket gates. Elevators give access to the bridge from both the south and north station entrances. After the ticket gates, elevators lead down to the various platforms. file:Hizen-Yamaguchi Station 20160807-2.jpg, The north entrance of the station. file:View from overpass of Hizen-Yamaguchi Station (east).jpg, View of the platforms and tracks looking east. Note the passing loop (centre). Platforms 4 and 5 and the sidings south of them can be seen to the extreme right.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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 ...

had opened a track from to on 20 August 1891. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended westwards with Takeo (today ) opening as the new western terminus on 5 May 1895. Hizen-Yamaguchi (then known as Yamaguchi) was opened on the same day as an intermediate station along the new stretch of track. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907,

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(JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Nagasaki Main Line, which at that time, ran through Takeo and to . On 1 March 1913, the station was renamed Hizen-Yamaguchi. On 1 December 1934, the stretch of track from Hizen-Yamaguchi through Takeo, to was designated the

and Hizen-Yamaguchi replaced Haiki as the starting point. A new track branching from Hizen-Yamaguchi through to Nagasaki built from 1930 to 1934 was designated the Nagasaki Main Line. With the privatization of

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(JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu. On 23 September 2022, the station was renamed Kōhoku.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 1163 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 145th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surroundings

North

*Kōhoku City Hall *Yamaguchi Post Office *Substitute Kannon *Tōshō-ji

South

*Kōhoku Jusco *Kōhoku Kindergarten *Kōhoku Elementary School *Kōhoku Junior High School *

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References

External links

Hizen-Yamaguchi Station (JR Kyushu)
{{Sasebo Line Railway stations in Saga Prefecture Nagasaki Main Line Sasebo Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1896