is a passenger
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
in located in the city of
Unzen, Nagasaki
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is a Cities of Japan, city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 40,831 i ...
. It is operated by
third-sector railway company
Shimabara Railway.
Lines
The station is served by the
Shimabara Railway Line
The is a Japanese railway line connecting Isahaya Station, Isahaya and Shimabarakō. The line parallels the coast of Shimabara Peninsula, Nagasaki Prefecture. The third-sector railway company Shimabara Railway owns the line and also operate ...
and is located 20.8 km from the starting point of the line at .
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Station layout
The station is on the ground level with one side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...
and one track. It is an attended station and does not have a station building. In October of 2023, the station building burned down due to a careless smoker. His case was subsequently sent to prosecutors on negligence charges.
History
Taishō Station was opened on 9 March 1955.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, there were a total of 9,372 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 26 passengers.[ See table at section under Transportation and Communications.]
Surrounding area
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*Mizuho Economic Agricultural Management Center
*Unzen City Taisho Elementary School
*Taisho Fishing Port
See also
* List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Shimabara Railway Official Site
{{Shimabara Railway Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1955
Railway stations in Nagasaki Prefecture
Stations of Shimabara Railway
Unzen, Nagasaki