Sari Station (South Korea)
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on the Chikuhi Line of Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), located in
Karatsu is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Its name, formed from the Japanese word roots 唐 ''kara'' (China, or continental East Asia in general), and 津 ''tsu'' (port), signifies its historical importance as a ...
,
Saga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasa ...
, Japan.


Lines

The station is served by the western section of the Chikuhi Line and is 8.2 km from the starting point of this section at .


Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track on a low embankment. There is no station building but a shelter is provided on the platform. In addition, the municipal authorities have set up a waiting room named "Aki Sakura-kan" (meaning Autumn Cherry Blossom Room) near the station entrance. This is a simple wooden structure of Japanese design, similar to one that was built two stops up the line at . A bike shed is provided nearby.


Adjacent stations


History

The private Kitakyushu Railway, which had a track between and by 1926 and had expanded southwards to by 1929. In a later phase of expansion, the track was extended west from Yamamoto to , which opened as the western terminus on 1 March 1935. This station was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track under the name . In 1936, the station name was changed to . The Kitakyushi Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1937 and
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 Ra ...
(JGR) assumed control of the station, changed the name again to Sari and designated the track which served it as part of the Chikuhi Line. The station was closed on 10 August 1941 and reopened on 1 June 1946. 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.


Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 3,342 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 9 passengers. See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.


Environs

*Karatsu City Sari Elementary School


References


External links


Sari Station (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Saga Prefecture Stations of Kyushu Railway Company Chikuhi Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1935 {{Saga-railstation-stub