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Ōmachi Station (Saga)
Ōmachi Station (大町駅, Ōmachi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Ōmachi, Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2] LinesThe station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 5.1 km from the starting point of the line at Hizen-Yamaguchi.[3] Only Sasebo Line local services stop at this station.[4] Station layoutThe station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 1. The station building is a small brick structure. The ticket window which it houses has become unstaffed and the building presently serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2][5] Platforms
HistoryJapanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 11 December 1919 as Ōmachi Signal Box on the existing track of what was then the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 September 1928, the facility was upgraded to a full station and passenger services commenced. On 1 December 1934, station became part of the Sasebo Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[6][7] Passenger statisticsIn fiscal 2015, there were a total of 91,291 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 250 passengers.[8] Environs
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