Haenosaki Station (南風崎駅, Haenosaki-eki) is a railway station in Haenosaki-cho, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Ōmura Line.[1][2]

Haenosaki Station 南風崎駅
Haenosaki Station in 2008
General information
Location	Japan
Coordinates	33°05′13″N 129°48′03″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Ōmura Line
Distance	5.6 km from Haiki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	No - platforms linked by level crossing with steps
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 January 1898 (1898-01-20)
Passengers
FY2014	18 daily
Location
Haenosaki Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Ōmura Line and is located 5.6 km from the starting point of the line at Haiki.[3] Besides the local services on the line, some trains of the Rapid Seaside Liner also stop at the station.[4]

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.[2][3][5]

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  View of the platforms and tracks. Note the level crossing.

Adjacent stations

History

The private Kyushu Railway, in building a line to Nagasaki, had opened a track southwards from Tosu to Saga and Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen) by 1895. By 1897, the track had reached Haiki. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended towards Ōmura 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 Isahaya 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.[6][7]

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.[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, there were a total of 6,423 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 18 passengers.[8]

Environs

• Haenosaki Post Office
• Sasebo City Office Miya Branch

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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External links

• Haenosaki Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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