Tara Station

Not to be confused with Tara Street railway station.

Tara Station

Tara Station (多良駅, Tara-eki) is a railway station in Tara, Fujitsu District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line. The limited express Kamome makes occasional special stops here during the Gatalympics. According to a 2005 estimate, the daily usage average is 297 people per day.

Layout

There are two tracks flanked by two platforms and a footbridge connecting them. It is minimally staffed, and often unmanned at night. Tara station lacks a MARS system and ticket vending machines, but a POS ticketing system is in place so the attendant can sell tickets.

History

April 16, 1934 - Opening by Japanese Government Railways
June 6, 1976 - Track from Tosu to Nagasaki is electrified
April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and the station is inherited by JR Kyushu

Environs

National Route 207

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Hizen-Iida		Nagasaki Main Line		Hizen-Ōura

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

Coordinates: 33°01′34″N 130°10′33″E / 33.0260°N 130.1759°E / 33.0260; 130.1759

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