Ōchi Station


Ōchi Station is a railway station on the Karatsu Line operated by JR Kyushu located in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

The station is served by the Karatsu Line and is located 26.0 km from the starting point of the line at.

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. It had originally been a side and an island platform but the centre track has been removed. A station building also doubles as a community hall. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. The station is unstaffed but a kan'i itaku agent sells some types of tickets from the ticket window in the station building.

Adjacent stations

History

On 1 December 1898, the Karatsu Kogyo Railway had opened a track from Miyoken to. On 13 June 1899, the track was extended to with Ōchi opening on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. On 23 February 1902, the company, now renamed the Karatsu Railway, merged with the Kyushu Railway. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the line which served the station was designated the Karatsu Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 84,066 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 230 passengers.

Environs