railway station
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operated 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. It formerly operated the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait be ...
Saga Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of roughly 780,000 and has a geographic area of . Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasaki Prefect ...
, Japan.
Lines
The station is served by the
Karatsu Line
The is a regional railway line in Saga Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects in Saga, Saga, Saga City to in Karatsu, Saga, Karatsu City, both in Saga Prefecture, Japan. The line was originally ...
and is located 26.0 km from the starting point of the line at .
Station layout
The station consists of two unnumbered
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, ...
s serving two tracks. It had originally been a side and an
island platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
but the centre track has been removed. A station building also doubles as a community hall. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. The station is unstaffed but a kan'i itaku agent sells some types of tickets from the ticket window in the station building.
Platforms
file:JRKyushu-Karatsu-line-Ouchi-station-platform-20091101-001.jpg, Access to platform from the station building. On the right can be seen the track bed for the former centre track. Far right is the other platform.
file:JRKyushu-Karatsu-line-Ouchi-station-platform-20091101-002.jpg, View of the other side platform, accessed from the station building by a footbridge.
History
On 1 December 1898, the Karatsu Kogyo Railway had opened a track from Miyoken (now ) to . On 13 June 1899, the track was extended to with Ōchi opening on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. On 23 February 1902, the company, now renamed the Karatsu Railway, merged with the
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 ...
. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907,
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national rail transport, railway system directly operated by the until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Railways Group.
Name
The English name "Japanese ...
(JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the line which served the station was designated the Karatsu Line. 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 pre ...
(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 84,066 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 230 passengers. See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.
Surrounding area
*Ōchi Post office
*Karatsu City Hall Ōchi Branch
*Ōchi Library
*Karatsu City Ōchi Elementary School
*Karatsu City Ōchi Junior High School
*Memorial Hall of
Hideo Murata
was a Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer. He took part in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen 27 times.
Murata was born as a son of rōkyoku singer and . However, he was immediately adopted by and became his stepfather. His real name was . He studied rōk ...