Taishō Station (Nagasaki)

Railway station in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Taishō Station

大正駅

Taishō Station (Nagasaki) in 2007

General information
Location| Mizuho-chō, Unzen-shi, Nagasaki-ken 859-1215
Japan
Coordinates| 32°51′23.62″N 130°12′49.23″E﻿ / ﻿32.8565611°N 130.2136750°E﻿ / 32.8565611; 130.2136750
Operated by|  Shimabara Railway
Line(s)| ■ Shimabara Railway Line
Distance| 20.8 km from Isahaya
Platforms| 1 side platform
Other information
Status| Unstaffed
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 9 March 1955 (1955-03-09)
Passengers
FY2018| 26 daily
Services
| Preceding station  | Shimabara Railway | Following station

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Kobe

towards Isahaya

|  | Shimabara Railway Line |  | Saigō

towards Shimabarakō

Location

Taishō Station

Location within Nagasaki Prefecture

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Taishō Station

Taishō Station (Japan)

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Taishō Station (大正駅, Taishō-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Unzen, Nagasaki. It is operated by third-sector railway company Shimabara Railway.[1][2]

## Lines

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The station is served by the Shimabara Railway Line and is located 20.8 km from the starting point of the line at Isahaya.[1]

## Station layout

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The station is on the ground level with one side platform and one track. It is an attended station and does not have a station building. In October of 2023, the station building burned down due to a careless smoker. His case was subsequently sent to prosecutors on negligence charges.[3]

* Platform

## History

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Taishō Station was opened on 9 March 1955.

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2018, there were a total of 9,372 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 26 passengers.[4]

## Surrounding area

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* National Route 251
* Mizuho Economic Agricultural Management Center
* Unzen City Taisho Elementary School
* Taisho Fishing Port

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ 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. 22, 67. ISBN 9784062951647.
2. ^ "大正駅" [Taishō Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
3. ^ "島原鉄道駅舎の火事"たばこの吸い殻が原因"利用客を書類送検". NHK NEWS WEB (in Japanese). Japan Broadcasting Corporation. 19 March 2024. Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
4. ^ "第67版（令和2年）長崎県統計年鑑" [Nagasaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 67th Edition]. Nagasaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 16 March 2024. See table at section under Transportation and Communications.

## External links

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Media related to Taishō Station (Nagasaki) at Wikimedia Commons

* Shimabara Railway Official Site (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Shimabara Railway

* Isahaya
* Hon-Isahaya
* Saiwai
* Ono
* Kantakunosato
* Moriyama
* Kamanohana
* Isahaya-higashi-kōkō
* Aino
* Abozaki
* Azuma
* Kobe
* Taishō
* Saigō
* Kōjiro
* Taira
* Ariake-Yue
* Ōmisaki
* Matsuo
* Mie
* Shimabara
* Reikyūkōen-Taiikukan
* Shimabara-Funatsu
* Shimabarakō

Closed on 1 April 2008|

* Shimabara-gaikō
* Chichibugaura
* Antoku
* Seno-Fukae
* Fukae
* Futsu-shinden
* Futsu
* Dōzaki
* Kamaga
* Arie
* Nishi-Arie
* Tatsuishi
* Kita-Arima
* Jōkōjimae
* Uratakannon
* Harajō
* Arima-Yoshigawa
* Higashi-Ōya
* Kuchinotsu
* Shirahama-kaisuiyokujō-mae
* Kazusa

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