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 town of Kawatana,

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 9.6 km from the starting point of the line at . Besides the local services on the line, some trains of the Rapid ''Seaside Liner'' also stop at the station.

Station layout

The station consists of a

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 tracks. The station building is a steel frame structure of modern design and houses a waiting room and ticket window. A bike shed is located outside at the station forecourt. A footbridge allows pedestrians to cross from one side of the tracks to the other. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities. The station is unstaffed by JR Kyushu but a kan'i itaku agent operates the ticket window and sells some types of tickets. See images of tickets sold. JRQ Ogushigo Station.jpg, Station building as seen from platform Ogusigo station - panoramio.jpg, Station sign

History

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) opened the station on 21 October 1944 as an additional station on the existing track of the Ōmura 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 2014, there were a total of 40,082 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 110 passengers. See table at section under Transportation and Communications.

Environs

*Ogushi Post Office * Japan National Route 205

References

External links

Ogushigō Station (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Nagasaki Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1944 {{Nagasaki-railstation-stub