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 ...

located in the city of Ōmura,

Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,246,4 ...

, Japan. It is 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 ...

Lines

The station is served by the

Ōmura Line is a railway line in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Haiki Station in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Sasebo to Isahaya Station in Isahaya, Nagasaki, Isahaya. From 1898 the line was part of the Nagas ...

and is located 31.1 km from the starting point of the line at . Besides the local services on the line, the Rapid ''Seaside Liner'' also stops at the station.

Station layout

The station consists of 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, ...

serving a single track. The station building, a modern steel-frame structure with a waiting room has large glass windows. It is unattended..

History

The station was opened on 23 September 2022 as an additional station on the existing Ōmura Line tracks.

Surrounding area

*Kumamoto General Vehicle Depot Omura Vehicle Management Office (Omura Vehicle Depot) *Nagasaki Prefectural School for the Deaf *Nagasaki Prefectural Niji no Hara Special Needs School *Omura Municipal Junior High School

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