is a train station in Yoshinogari

Yoshinogari, Saga

is a town located in Kanzaki District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is the result of a merger between the town of Mitagawa, and the village of Higashisefuri, both from Kanzaki District, on March 1, 2006.-Geography:...

, Kanzaki District

Kanzaki District

Kanzaki District is associated with:* Kanzaki District, Saga* Kanzaki District, Hyogo* Kanzaki District, Shiga...

, 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

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

Layout

It is an above ground station with three tracks, two platforms (one side platform, one island platform) and a footbridge connecting them. It does not have a MARS terminal, but it does have a POS system from which tickets may be sold

Environs

• Yoshinogari Historical Park
  Yoshinogari site
  Yoshinogari is the name of a large and complex Yayoi archaeological site in Yoshinogari and Kanzaki in Saga Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. According to the Yayoi chronology established by pottery seriations in the 20th century, Yoshinogari dates to between the 3rd century BC and the 3rd century AD...
  
  
• National Route 34

History

• September 30, 1942 - Mitagawa Signal Box
  Signal box
  On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable...
  
   established
• December 1, 1943 - Mitagawa Station begins passenger service
• June 6, 1976 - Track is electrified from Tosu to Hizen-Koga to Nagasaki
• April 1, 1987 - Privatization of national railroads; Mitagawa Station is inherited by JR Kyushu
• October 10, 1993 - Station renamed Yoshinogari Park Station
• March 1, 2000 - Station elevated to be on a bridge

Adjacent stations