is the major railway station in the city of Sasebo,

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, in Japan. The Sasebo Line of the

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and the

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of the

Matsuura Railway is a third-sector railway company in Nagasaki and Saga Prefecture in Japan. Lines The railway company operates the 93.8 km Nishi-Kyushu Line from in Saga Prefecture to in Nagasaki Prefecture, with 57 stations. Principal investors * Nag ...

provide local and regional service and connections to the extensive JR network. Sasebo is the westernmost station in the JR Group. The plaza in front of Sasebo Station contains a multi-level shopping complex called Friesta Sasebo, with coffee shops, clothing, housewares, music and a supermarket. Within the station itself are souvenir shops featuring local foods and products. Sasebo Station is about two hours by train from Hakata Station in the city of

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(via the Midori line) and about two hours from Nagasaki Station in the city of

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. Across the street from Sasebo Station is the Sasebo Bus Center, which provides connecting service to many local destinations.

Lines

*JR Kyushu ** Sasebo Line *

Station layout

JR

The station is above ground level with 3 platforms and 6 tracks.

MR

The Matsuura station is above ground level with 1 platform and 2 tracks.

Surroundings

East

*Ekimachi Ichōme Sasebo *Hotel Resol Sasebo *Sasebo Station Post Office *Sasebo Bus Center * National Route 35

Port

*Shin-Minato Terminal *Kujirase Terminal *Sasebo Gobangai

History

*January 20, 1898 - Open for business by

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 ...

. *July 1, 1907 - Railways nationalize and the station becomes part of

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 ...

. *April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and the station is inherited 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 Stra ...

. *April 1, 1988 - JR Kyushu Matsuura Line inherited by

and renamed Nishi-Kyushu Line. *December 26, 2001 - Elevated station is completed.

Adjacent stations

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3,973 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 51st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

References

External links

JR KyushuMatsuura Railway (Japanese)Ekimachi Ichōme Sasebo (Japanese)Sasebo Gobangai (Japanese)
{{Nishi-Kyūshū Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1898 Railway stations in Nagasaki Prefecture Sasebo Line Sasebo