is a train station in Hyōgo Town, Saga City

Saga, Saga

is the capital of Saga Prefecture, located on the island of Kyūshū, Japan.Saga was the capital of Saga Domain in the Edo period, and largest city of former Hizen Province....

, Saga Prefecture

Saga Prefecture

is located in the northwest part of the island of Kyūshū, Japan. It touches both the Sea of Japan and the Ariake Sea. The western part of the prefecture is a region famous for producing ceramics and porcelain, particularly the towns of Karatsu, Imari, and Arita...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.

Station Layout

The station is located above ground and has two side platforms servicing two tracks and an overbridge connecting them. It has neither a MARS

MARS (ticket reservation system)

, which stands for MAgnetic electronic seat Reservation System or, more recently, Multi Access seat Reservation System, is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of Japan Railways Group and travel agencies in Japan.The host of the system is located in Kokubunji, Tokyo and...

 terminal nor a POS

Point of sale

Point of sale or checkout is the location where a transaction occurs...

 computer system, though it does have a ticket machine.

History

• December 1, 1928 - Station opening under the Railway Ministry
• June 6, 1976 - The track from Tosu to Hizen-Koga to Nagasaki is electrified
• April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and JR Kyushu inherits the station

Adjacent stations