Nishi-?chi Station

Location
	Nishi-?chi Station Location within Japan

Nishi-?chi Station

西相知?
Nishi-?chi Station ; 西相知?
	Platform of Nishi-?chi Station in 2008
General information
Location	Japan
Coordinates	33°20′51″N 129°59′26″E / 33.34750°N 129.99056°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Chikuhi Line
Distance	6.6 km from Yamamoto
Platforms	1 side
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 March 1935
Passengers
FY2015	9 daily
Location
Location
	Nishi-?chi Station Location within Japan

Nishi-?chi Station ( 西相知? , Nishi-?chi-eki ) is a railway station on the Chikuhi Line of Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), located in Karatsu , Saga Prefecture , Japan. ^[1]^[2]

Lines [ edit ]

The station is served by the western section of the Chikuhi Line and is 6.6 km from the starting point of this section at Yamamoto . ^[3]

Station layout [ edit ]

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. There is no station building but a shelter has been set up on the platform. A bike shed is provided nearby. ^[2]^[3]

Adjacent stations [ edit ]

←		Service		→
Chikuhi Line (western section)
Hizen-Kubo		Local	Sari

History [ edit ]

The private Kitakyushu Railway, which had a track between Hakata and Higashi-Karatsu by 1926 and had expanded southwards to Yamamoto by 1929. In a later phase of expansion, the track was extended west from Yamamoto to Imari , which opened as the western terminus on 1 March 1935. Nishi-?chi was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track. The Kitakyushi Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1937. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) assumed control of the station and designated the track which served it as part of the Chikuhi 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. ^[4]^[5]

Passenger statistics [ edit ]

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 3,431 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 9 passengers. ^[6]

References [ edit ]

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF) . JR Kyushu . Retrieved 3 March 2018 .
^ ^a ^b "西相知" [Nishi-?chi]. hacchi-no-he.net . Retrieved 31 March 2018 .
^ ^a ^b Kawashima, Ry?z? (2013). ??: 日本の?道四??九州ライン全線?全??全配線?第5? 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. 14, 82. ISBN 9784062951647 .
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場?遷大事典 ???JR編 [ Station Transition Directory ? JNR/JR ] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 224?5. ISBN 4-533-02980-9 .
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場?遷大事典 ???JR編 [ Station Transition Directory ? JNR/JR ] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 726. ISBN 4-533-02980-9 .
^ "佐賀?統計年鑑（平成28年版）" [Saga Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition]. Saga Prefectural Government website . Retrieved 23 March 2018 . See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.

External links [ edit ]

Nishi-?chi Station (JR Kyushu) (in Japanese)

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[stationmap-1] "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF) . JR Kyushu . Retrieved 3 March 2018 .

[hacchi-2] "西相知" [Nishi-?chi]. hacchi-no-he.net . Retrieved 31 March 2018 .

[kawashima-3] Kawashima, Ry?z? (2013). ??: 日本の?道四??九州ライン全線?全??全配線?第5? 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. 14, 82. ISBN 9784062951647 .

[4] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場?遷大事典 ???JR編 [ Station Transition Directory ? JNR/JR ] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 224?5. ISBN 4-533-02980-9 .

[teishajo-5] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場?遷大事典 ???JR編 [ Station Transition Directory ? JNR/JR ] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 726. ISBN 4-533-02980-9 .

[prefstats-6] "佐賀?統計年鑑（平成28年版）" [Saga Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition]. Saga Prefectural Government website . Retrieved 23 March 2018 . See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.

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