Imari Station

Imari Station

伊万里駅
Imari Station; 伊万里駅
	Imari Station in 2017. The JR station is to the left, the Matsuura station to the right.
General information
Location	554 Shintenchō, Imari-shi, Saga-ken; Japan
Coordinates	33°16′17″N 129°52′36″E / 33.27139°N 129.87667°E / 33.27139; 129.87667
Operated by	JR Kyushu; Matsuura Railway;
Line(s)	■Chikuhi Line; ■Nishi-Kyushu Line;
Distance	25.7 km from Yamamoto (Chikuhi Line); 13.0 km from Arita (Nishi-Kyushu Line);
Platforms	1 bay platform (Chikuhi Line); 3 bay platforms + sidings (Nishi-Kyushu Line);
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Other information
Status	JR ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced); Matsuura Railway ticket window;
Website	JR Arita; Matsuura Railway;
History
Opened	7 August 1898
Passengers
	197 daily (JR Kyushu FY2015); 568 daily (Matsuura FY2015);
Location
	Imari Station Location within Japan

Imari Station (伊万里駅, Imari-eki) is a train station located in Imari City, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is a transfer station between the JR Kyushu Chikuhi Line and the third-sector Matsuura Railway Nishi-Kyushu Line.^[1]^[2]

Lines

Imari is the western terminus of the western section of the Chikuhi Line and is 25.7 km from the starting point of this section at Yamamoto. The station is also served by the Nishi-Kyushu Line and is located 13.0 km from the starting point of the line at Arita.^[3]

Layout

The station was once a through-station but the tracks JR and Matsuura tracks have since been divided. Each company now occupies separate premises with a road in between the two. The JR station consists of a bay platform serving a single track. The Matsuura station consists of three bay platforms serving three tracks, with several sidings branching off. There is no through-track at either station.^[3]

The JR station building, to the east, houses a waiting area and a ticket window. Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[2]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The Matsuura Railway station building is larger and houses a waiting area, a Matsuura ticket window, a cafe and shop. A link bridge runs above the road, connecting the two station buildings.^[7]^[8]

The JR station is the smaller building to the left. The larger building on the right which matches the Matsuura station design is used by another company.
The old station building in 1993.
The single bay platform of the JR Kyushu station.
Platforms of the Matsuura Railway. Note the sidings beyond.

Adjacent stations

←	Service
JR Kyushu
Chikuhi Line
Kami-Imari	Local	Terminus
Matsuura Railway
Nishi-Kyushu Line
Kawahigashi	Local	Terminus
Terminus	Local	Higashi-Yamashiro

History

The station was opened on 7 August 1898 by the private Imari Railway as the northern terminus of a track which it had laid from Arita. The Imari Railway merged with the Kyushu Railway on 28 December the same year. The Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907 and Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the line serving the station was designated the Imari Line. JGR undertook the next phase of expansion when the track was extended west to Kusuku on 21 March 1930.^[9]

On 1 March 1935, Imari became a junction station when the private Kitakyushu Railway extended a track west from Yamamoto and established Imari as its western terminus. The Kitakyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1937 and JGR designated this track the Chikuhi Line. On 1 March 1945, the track from Arita to Imari was designated as part of the Matsuura 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.^[10]^[11] On 1 April 1988, the Matsuura Line was divested to the third-sector Matsuura Railway and the line was renamed the Nishi-Kyushu Line.^[10]^[9]

Passenger statistics

For the JR station, in fiscal 2015, there were a total of 71,894 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 197 passengers.^[12]

For the Matsuura Railway station, in fiscal 2015, there were a total of 207,497 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 568 passengers.^[12]

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ a b "伊万里" [Imari]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道四国・九州ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻長崎佐賀エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 35, 83, 85. ISBN 9784062951647.
^ "伊万里" [Imari]. Retrieved 2 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities of the JR side.
^ "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
^ "伊万里駅" [Imari Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 2 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
^ "伊万里" [Imari]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ "伊万里" [Imari]. Retrieved 2 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities of the Matsuura side.
^ a b Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 225–6. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ a b Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 224–5. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 727. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ a b "佐賀県統計年鑑（平成28年版）" [Saga Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition]. Saga Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 23 March 2018. See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.

External links

Imari Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

[stationmap-1] "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

[hacchi-2] "伊万里" [Imari]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[kawashima-3] Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道四国・九州ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻長崎佐賀エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 35, 83, 85. ISBN 9784062951647.

[4] "伊万里" [Imari]. Retrieved 2 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities of the JR side.

[jrte-5] "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

[6] "伊万里駅" [Imari Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 2 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.

[7] "伊万里" [Imari]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[8] "伊万里" [Imari]. Retrieved 2 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities of the Matsuura side.

[teishajo12-9] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 225–6. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[teishajo11-10] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 224–5. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[teishajo-11] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 727. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[prefstats-12] "佐賀県統計年鑑（平成28年版）" [Saga Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition]. Saga Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 23 March 2018. See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.