Sonogi Station (彼杵駅, Sonogi-eki) is the railway station in the town of Higashisonogi, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Ōmura Line.[1][2]

Sonogi Station 彼杵駅
General information
Location	Kuramoto, Higashisonogi-cho, Higashisonogi-gun, Nagasaki-ken Japan
Coordinates	33°02′24″N 129°54′53″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Ōmura Line
Distance	19.6 km from Haiki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Disabled access	Yes - platforms linked by level crossing and ramps
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 January 1898 (1898-01-20)
Passengers
FY2016	345 daily
Rank	288th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Sonogi Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Ōmura Line and is located 19.6 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.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of two platforms serving two tracks. The station building is a steel frame structure of modern design and houses a waiting room and staffed ticket window. A ramp leads up to the station building from the forecourt. Access to the opposite site platform is by means of a level crossing with ramps at both ends.[2][3][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 window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[6][7]

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. Sonogi 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 Sonogi 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.[8][9]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 345 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 288th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[10]

Environs

JR Kyushu bus is operated for the Ureshino hot spring and Takeo-Onsen Station from the station square.

• National Route 205
• Sonogi Post Office
• Higashisonogi Town Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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External links

• Sonogi Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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