Ōmura Station (Nagasaki)

{{short description|Railway station in Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Ōmura Station

| native_name = 大村駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| symbol_location= jp

| symbol = jrk

| style = JR Kyushu

| type =

| image = Omura stn(Nagasaki).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Ōmura Station in 2006

| other_name =

| address = Higashihonmachi, Ōmura-shi, Nagasaki-ken 856-0831

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|32.9107|129.9622|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=title,inline}}

| operator = 20px JR Kyushu

| line = {{Color|#0095d9|■}} Ōmura Line

| distance = 36.2 km from {{STN|Haiki|x}}

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2 + 1 siding

| train_operators =

| connections =

| structure = At grade

| parking =

| bicycle =

| accessible = No - platforms linked by footbridge

| code =

| status = Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)

| website = {{Official website|1=http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/1191470_1601.html}}

| opened = {{Start date|1898|01|20|df=y}}

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 1920 daily

| pass_year = FY2020

| pass_rank = 75th (among JR Kyushu stations)

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR Kyushu|line= Ōmura |left= Iwamatsu |right=Suwa|note-mid={{SLL|Local}}|left2= Isahaya |right2=Takematsu|note-mid2={{SLL|Seaside Liner}}}}

| map_type = Japan Nagasaki Prefecture#Japan

|mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 17

}}

{{nihongo|Ōmura Station|大村駅|Ōmura-eki}} is the major railway station in the city of Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.{{cite web|url=http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/pdf/jrkyushu_routemap_en.pdf|title=JR Kyushu Route Map|publisher=JR Kyushu|accessdate=3 March 2018}}

Lines

The station is served by the Ōmura Line and is located 36.2 km from the starting point of the line at {{STN|Haiki|x}}. Besides the local services on the line, the Rapid Seaside Liner also stops at the station.{{cite web|url=http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/1191470_1601.html|title=大村|trans-title=Ōmura|accessdate=21 March 2018|website=JR Kyushu official station website}}

Station layout

The station consists of two staggered side platforms serving two tracks. A siding branches off track 1. The station building is a timber building of traditional Japanese design which was built in 1918. It houses a waiting room, a kiosk, automatic ticket vending machines and a staffed ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.{{cite web|url=http://hacchi-no-he.net/line/oomura/station/0100_oomura.htm|title=大村|trans-title=Ōmura|accessdate=19 March 2018|website=hacchi-no-he.net}}{{Cite book|last=Kawashima|first=Ryōzō|script-title=ja: 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|year=2013 |publisher=Kodansha|isbn=9784062951647|trans-title=Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area|language=Japanese|pages=36, 73}}{{cite web|url=https://ameblo.jp/aru-king/entry-12061959490.html|title=大村線・大村駅に行ってきました|trans-title=I went to Ōmura Station Ōmura Line|date=15 August 2015|accessdate=21 March 2018|website=Ameblo.jp}} Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.

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 Midori no Madoguchi facility.{{cite web|url=http://www.jrte.co.jp/branch/nagasaki.html|title=長崎支店内各駅|trans-title=Stations within the Nagasaki Branch|accessdate=16 March 2018|website=JRTE website}}{{cite web|url=http://jr-mars.dyndns.org/view/station/view1.php?stat_no=600260|title=大村駅|trans-title=Ōmura Station|accessdate=19 March 2018|website=jr-mars.dyndns.org}} See images of tickets sold.

The station building also houses the facilities of a community radio station "FM Omura 76.3".{{cite web|url=http://www.fmomura.jp/m/what.php|title=What is FM Omura?|accessdate=21 March 2018|website=FM Omura website}}

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name= Ōmura Line|linecol=#0095d9|dir= for {{STN|Huis ten Bosch|x}} and {{STN|Sasebo|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|nidx = Ōmura Line|linecol=#0095d9|dir= for {{STN|Isahaya|x}} and {{STN|Nagasaki|x}}}}

History

The private Kyushu Railway, in building a line to Nagasaki, had opened a track from {{STN|Tosu|x}} to {{STN|Saga|x}} and Takeo (today {{STN|Takeo-Onsen|x}}) by 5 May 1895 and {{STN|Haiki|x}} by 10 July 1897. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended south along the east coast of Ōmura Bay, with Ōmura opening as the new terminus on 20 January 1898. It became a through-station on 27 November that year when the track was further extended to {{STN|Isahaya|x}}, {{STN|Kikitsu|x}} and linking up with an earlier at {{STN|Nagayo|x}}, achieving through-traffic to {{STN|Urakami|x}}, then known as Nagasaki. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, track from Tosu through Haiki and Ōmura to Nagasaki was designated the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another route along the coast of the Ariake Sea designated as the Nagasaki Main Line. The track from Haiki through Ōmura to Isahaya became designated as 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.{{Teishajo|I|222-3, 227}}{{Teishajo|II|738}}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 1920 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 75th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.{{Cite web|title=駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）|url=https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/company/info/data/pdf/2020ekibetsu.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=2023-09-08}}