is a

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, Kanzaki District,

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 Nagasak ...

, Japan. It is operated by

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and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 13.1 km from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of a side and an island platform serving three tracks with two sidings branching off track 1. The station building is a modern design of concrete and is a hashigami structure where the passenger facilities such as a waiting area, ticket window and automatic ticket vending machines are located on a bridge which spans the tracks. The bridge also allows the station to have two entrances, one from each side of the tracks. Elevators provide access to the bridge from both entrances and, from the bridge, to the platforms. Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facility. file:JRKyushu-Nagasaki-main-line-Yoshinogari-koen-station-platform-20091101.jpg, A view of the platforms and tracks showing how the station building spans the tracks. file:Yoshinogari-Koen Station 20171009-3.jpg, The north entrance of the station. file:YoshinogariKoenStation1.JPG, A distant view of the station, north entrance to the left, showing parking facilities.

Adjacent stations

Environs

* Yoshinogari Historical Park * National Route 34

History

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) opened the station as on 30 September 1942 on the existing track of the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1943, the facility was upgraded to a full station and passenger traffic commenced. 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 10 October 1993, the station was renamed Yoshinogari-Kōen. On 1 March 2000, a new hashigami style station building was opened.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,333 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 133rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

References

External links

Yoshinogari-Kōen Station (JR Kyushu)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshinogari-Koen Station Railway stations in Saga Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1943