is a passenger railway station located in Haenosaki-cho, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.
Lines The station is served by the Ōmura Line and is located 5.6 km from the starting point of the line at . Only local trains stop at the station.
Station layout The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 1. The station building, a steel frame structure of modern design, is unstaffed and the waiting room is closed. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a level crossing with steps at both ends. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
Platforms
History The private Kyushu Railway, in building a line to , had opened a track southwards from to and Takeo (today ) by 1895. By 1897, the track had reached . In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended towards which opened as the new terminus on 20 January 1898. Haenosaki was opened on the same day as an intermediate station between Haiki and Ōmura. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, track from Tosu through Haiki to Nagasaki was designated the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and the track from Haiki, through Haenosaki to was designated the Ōmura 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.
At the end of the Second World War, Japanese soldiers and civilians repatriated from overseas were housed in nearby Hario Island. After a period of quarantine, they were then transported home in special trains from Haenosaki Station. This part of the station history is written about on a sign board at the station.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2014, there were a total of 6,423 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 18 passengers. See table at section under Transportation and Communications.
Surrounding area Haenosaki Post Office Sasebo City Office Miya Branch
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Haenosaki Station (JR Kyushu)