Kanzaki Station (Saga)

Kanzaki Station

Kanzaki Station (神埼駅, Kanzaki-eki) is a railway station in Kanzaki Town, Kanzaki City, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.

Layout

It is an above ground station with two side platforms and three tracks. The station itself is in a bridge which is meant to resemble a Yayoi period raised-floor style storehouse. It does not have a MARS terminal, but it does have a POS system from which tickets may be sold.

Environs

Kanzaki City Hall
Saga Prefectural Kanzaki High School
National Route 34
Kanzaki Junior High School
Yoshinogari Ruins
Kanzaki Onsen

History

August 20, 1891 - Opening as Kanzaki Station under the control of Kyushu Railroad
July 1, 1907 - Kyushu Railroad nationalizes and the station falls under the control of the Japanese Government Railways
May 1, 1945 - Station is renamed Hizen-Kanzaki Station
April 10, 1956 - Renamed again, back to Kanzaki Station, this time with slightly different kanji
June 6, 1976 - Track from Tosu to Hizen-Koga to Nagasaki is electrified
April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and the station is inherited by JR Kyushu and JR Freight
May 22, 1997 - Usage as a freight station is discontinued

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Yoshinogari-kōen		Nagasaki Main Line		Igaya

Stations of the Nagasaki Main Line

(new line)	Tosu Shin-Tosu Hizen-Fumoto Nakabaru Yoshinogari-kōen Kanzaki Igaya Saga Nabeshima Balloon Saga Kubota Ushizu Hizen-Yamaguchi Hizen-Shiroishi Hizen-Ryūō Hizen-Kashima Hizen-Hama Hizen-Nanaura Hizen-Iida Tara Hizen-Ōura Konagai Nagasato Yue Oe Hizen-Nagata Higashi-Isahaya Isahaya Nishi-Isahaya Kikitsu Ichinuno Hizen-Koga Utsutsugawa Urakami Nagasaki

(old line)	Kikitsu Higashisono Ōkusa Honkawachi Nagayo Kōda Michinoo Nishi-Urakami Urakami

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Coordinates: 33°18′57″N 130°22′30″E / 33.315968°N 130.374931°E / 33.315968; 130.374931

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