Saga Station


Saga Station is a railway station on the Nagasaki Main Line in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company. Trains from this station also serve the Sasebo and Karatsu Lines.

Layout

This is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four tracks. The station building and concourse are below the platforms.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station was opened on 20 August 1891 by the private Kyushu Railway as the western terminus of a line from. It became a through station on 5 May 1895 when the track was extended west to Yamaguchi and Takeo. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Nagasaki Main Line. On 25 May 1935, the station also became part of the Saga Line when the track from Yabekawa, the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 12,341 passengers daily, and it ranked 9th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area