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Takematsu Station

Railway station in Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

32°56′23″N 129°57′12″E / 32.9398°N 129.9532°E / 32.9398; 129.9532Operated by

JR KyushuLine(s)■ Ōmura LineDistance32.8 km from HaikiPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeParkingAvailableAccessibleNo - platforms linked by level crossing with stepsOther informationStatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened25 May 1922 (1922-05-25)PassengersFY20161,254 dailyRank137th (among JR Kyushu stations)

Location
Takematsu Station Location within Japan

Takematsu Station (竹松駅, Takematsu-eki) is the railway station in Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Ōmura Line.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Ōmura Line and is located 32.8 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 staggered side platforms serving two tracks. From the forecourt, a flight of steps leads up to the station building, a modern steel-frame structure which houses a staffed ticket window and a waiting room. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a level crossing with steps at both ends.^[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.^[5]^[6]

Adjacent stations

←	Service
Ōmura Line
Matsubara	Local	Shin-Ōmura
JR Kyushu Rapid
Matsubara (some) Sonogi	Seaside Liner	Ōmura

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 25 May 1922 as an additional station on what was then the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and the track from Haiki, through Takematsu 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.^[7]^[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,254 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 137th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[9]

Environs

National Route 34
National Route 444
Ōmura City Takematsu Branch
Shin-Ōmura Station (Kyushu Shinkansen Nagasaki/Nishi-Kyushu Route, in plan)

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "竹松" [Takematsu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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. 36, 73. ISBN 9784062951647.
^ "竹松" [Takematsu]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ "長崎支店内各駅" [Stations within the Nagasaki Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ "竹松駅" [Takematsu Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 19 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. p. 227. 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. 738. 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.