Ogi Station
Ogi Station (小城駅, Ogi-eki) is a railway station on the Karatsu Line operated by JR Kyushu located in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]
Ogi Station 小城駅 | |
|---|---|
 Ogi Station in 2009 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Japan |
| Coordinates | 33°17′08″N 130°11′57″E |
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR Kyushu |
| Line(s) | ■ Karatsu Line |
| Distance | 5.1 km from Kubota |
| Platforms | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At grade |
| Other information | |
| Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 14 December 1903 |
| Passengers | |
| 2016 | 1,053 daily |
| Rank | 157th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Location | |
  Ogi Station Location within Japan | |
Lines
The station is served by the Karatsu Line and is located 5.1 km from the starting point of the line at Kubota.[3]
Station layout
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. Platform 2 was once an island platform but the middle trackhas been removed. The station building, of traditional Japanese architecture, houses a waiting room and ticket window. Access to platform 2 is by means of a level crossing.[2][3]
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.[4][5]
View of platform 1. Note the track bed of the former centre track which has been removed.
View of platform 2. A fence has been set up on one side of this former island platform converted to a side platform.
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karatsu Line | ||||
| Kubota | Local | Higashi-Taku | ||
History
The Karatsu Kogyo Railway had opened a track from Miyoken (now Nishi-Karatsu) which, by 25 December 1899, had reached Azamibaru (now Taku). On 23 February 1902, the company, now renamed the Karatsu Railway, merged with the Kyushu Railway which undertook the next phase of expansion. The track was extended east, with Kubota opening as the final eastern terminus on 14 December 1903. Ogi opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the line which served the station was designated the Karatsu 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]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,053 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 157th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]
References
- "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- "小城" [Ogi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 19, 80. ISBN 9784062951647.
- "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- "小城駅" [Ogi Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 12 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
- Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 223–4. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 719. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
