Kōhoku Station (Saga)

Location
	Kōhoku Station Location within Saga Prefecture Kōhoku Station Kōhoku Station (Japan)

Kōhoku Station

江北駅
Kōhoku Station; 江北駅
	Kōhoku Station in September 2022
General information
Location	Yamaguchi, Kōhoku-chō, Kishima-gun, Saga-ken 849-0501; Japan
Coordinates	33°13′8.6″N 130°9′40.4″E / 33.219056°N 130.161222°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	JH Nagasaki Main Line; ■ Sasebo Line;
Distance	39.6 km from Tosu (Nagasaki Main Line); 0.0 km (starting point of the Sasebo Line);
Platforms	1 side + 2 island platforms
Tracks	5 + several passing loops and sidings
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes - elevators to platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	5 May 1895
Previous names	Yamaguchi (to 1 March 1913) Hizen-Yamaguchi (to 23 September 2022)
Passengers
FY2019	1,163 daily
Rank	145th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Location
Location
	Kōhoku Station Location within Saga Prefecture Kōhoku Station Kōhoku Station (Japan)

Kōhoku Station (江北駅, kōhoku-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kōhoku, Kishima District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is a junction between the Nagasaki Main Line and the Sasebo Line.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 39.6 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu. In addition the station is also the eastern terminus of the 48.8 kilometer Sasebo Line.^[3]

Besides the local services on both lines, the following JR Kyushu limited express services also stop at the station:^[4]

Kamome - from Hakata to Nagasaki
Midori - from Hakata to Sasebo
Huis ten Bosch - from Hakata to Huis ten Bosch

Station layout

The station consists of a side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks at grade. There is a passing loop between platforms 1 and 2 and several more passing loops/sidings south of the station beyond platform 5. The station is a elevated structure where the station facilities are located on a bridge which spans the platforms and which has entrances to the south and north of the tracks. Located on the bridge are a waiting room, a staffed ticket window and the ticket gates. Elevators give access to the bridge from both the south and north station entrances. After the ticket gates, elevators lead down to the various platforms.^[3]^[2]^[4]

The north entrance of the station.
View of the platforms and tracks looking east. Note the passing loop (centre). Platforms 4 and 5 and the sidings south of them can be seen to the extreme right.

Platforms

Tracks
1	■Nagasaki Main Line	To Hizen-Kashima・Isahaya / To Saga・Tosu
1	■Sasebo Line	To Takeo Onsen・Haiki
2	■Limited Express: Kamome, Midori, Huis ten Bosch	To Saga・Hakata
2	■Nagasaki Main Line	To Saga・Tosu
3	■Limited Express: Kamome	To: Isahaya ・Nagasaki
	■Limited Express: Midori, Huis ten Bosch	To Sasebo・Huis ten Bosch
	■Nagasaki Main Line	To Hizen-Kashima・Isahaya / To Saga・Tosu
	■Sasebo Line	To Takeo Onsen・Haiki
4	■Nagasaki Main Line	To Hizen-Kashima・Isahaya
4	■Sasebo Line	To Takeo Onsen・Haiki
5	■Nagasaki Main Line	To Hizen-Kashima・Isahaya / To Saga・Tosu
5	■Sasebo Line	To Takeo Onsen・Haiki

Adjacent stations

←	Service
Nagasaki Main Line
Ushizu	Local	Hizen-Shiroishi
Sasebo Line
Terminus	Local	Ōmachi
JR Kyushu Limited Express
Saga	Kamome	Hizen-Kashima
Saga	Huis Ten Bosch	Takeo-Onsen
Saga	Midori	Takeo-Onsen

History

The private Kyushu Railway had opened a track from Tosu to Saga on 20 August 1891. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended westwards with Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen) opening as the new western terminus on 5 May 1895. Hizen-Yamaguchi (then known as Yamaguchi) was opened on the same day as an intermediate station along the new stretch of 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 station became part of the Nagasaki Main Line, which at that time, ran through Takeo and Haiki to Nagasaki. On 1 March 1913, the station was renamed Hizen-Yamaguchi. On 1 December 1934, the stretch of track from Hizen-Yamaguchi through Takeo, Haiki to Sasebo was designated the Sasebo Line and Hizen-Yamaguchi replaced Haiki as the starting point. A new track branching from Hizen-Yamaguchi through Hizen-Ōura to Nagasaki built from 1930 to 1934 was designated the Nagasaki Main 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.^[5]^[6] On 23 September 2022, the station was renamed Kōhoku.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 1163 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 145th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[7]

Surroundings

North

Kōhoku City Hall
Yamaguchi Post Office
Substitute Kannon
Tōshō-ji

South

Kōhoku Jusco
Kōhoku Kindergarten
Kōhoku Elementary School
Kōhoku Junior High School
Japan National Route 34

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "肥前山口" [Hizen-Yamaguchi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 30 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. 21, 65, 70. ISBN 9784062951647.
^ ^a ^b "肥前山口" [Hizen-Yamaguchi]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ 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. 216, 222–3. 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. pp. 714, 727. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2019年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.

External links

Media related to Kōhoku Station (Saga) at Wikimedia Commons

Hizen-Yamaguchi Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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

[hacchi-2] "肥前山口" [Hizen-Yamaguchi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[kawashima-3] 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. 21, 65, 70. ISBN 9784062951647.

[JR-4] "肥前山口" [Hizen-Yamaguchi]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[5] 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. 216, 222–3. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[teishajo-6] 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. pp. 714, 727. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[7] "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2019年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.

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v t e Stations of the Nagasaki Main Line
(new line)	Tosu Shin-Tosu Hizen-Fumoto Nakabaru Yoshinogari-Kōen Kanzaki Igaya Saga Nabeshima Balloon Saga Kubota Ushizu Kōhoku Hizen-Shiroishi Hizen-Ryūō Hizen-Kashima Hizen-Hama Hizen-Nanaura Hizen-Iida Tara Hizen-Ōura Konagai Nagasato Yue Oe Hizen-Nagata Higashi-Isahaya Isahaya Nishi-Isahaya Kikitsu Ichinuno Hizen-Koga Utsutsugawa Urakami Nagasaki
(old line)	Kikitsu Higashisono Ōkusa Honkawachi Nagayo Kōda Michinoo Nishi-Urakami Urakami