Huis Ten Bosch Station (ハウステンボス駅, Hausutenbosu-eki) is a railway station on the Ōmura Line in Haenosaki-chō, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Ōmura Line.[1][2]

Huis Ten Bosch Station ハウステンボス駅
The west (theme park side) entrance of Huis Ten Bosch Station in February 2009
General information
Location	Haenosaki-chō, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki-ken Japan
Coordinates	33°05′29.81″N 129°47′47.80″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Ōmura Line
Distance	4.7 km from Haiki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	Yes - elevator to platform
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	10 March 1992 (1992-03-10)
Passengers
FY2016	1,638 daily
Rank	110th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Huis Ten Bosch Station Location within Japan

This station serves the Huis Ten Bosch theme park after which it is named.

Lines

The station is served by the Ōmura Line and is located 4.7 km from the starting point of the line at Haiki.[3] Besides the local services on the line, the Rapid Seaside Liner also stops at the station. The station is the terminus for the JR Kyushu Limited Express Huis Ten Bosch from Hakata.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is built of brick in a Dutch style to blend with the theme park and is a hashigami structure, built over the platforms and tracks and houses a ticket counter, a waiting area and a shop. A flight of steps and an elevator from the station concourse gives access to the platform below. Platform/track 2 is a through-track and is used by Ōmura Line traffic. Platform/line 1 was also formerly a through-track but has now become a dead-end siding in order to accommodate the installation of an elevator shaft. It is used for trains such as the Huis Ten Bosch limited express which terminates at the station. Of the stations on the Ōmura Line, only the section from Haiki to this station has been electrified to accommodate the Huis Ten Bosch express trains.[3][2][5]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket counter which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[6][7]

• 
  A distant view of the station, approaching it by way of the bridge from the theme park.
• 
  The east entrance of the station. The theme park is on the other side.
• 
  A view of the platforms in 2013. Track 1 is a siding. Note the elevator shaft behind it and the station building above.
• 
  An older view of platform/track 1 in 2005 when it was still a through track and there was no elevator shaft.
• 
  Platform 2 in the direction of Haiki. Note the catenary wires.
• 
  Ticket gate and steps leading down to the platforms.

Adjacent stations

History

JR Kyushu opened the station on 10 March 1992 shortly before the opening of the theme park.[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,638 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 110th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

Surrounding area

• Huis Ten Bosch (theme park)
• Nagasaki International University
• WINS Sasebo

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Huis Ten Bosch Station.

External links

• Huis Ten Bosch Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)