Oe Station

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

{{Infobox station

| name = Oe Station

| native_name = 小江駅

| native_name_lang= ja

| symbol_location= jp

| symbol = jrk

| style = JR Kyushu

| image = JRKyushu Oe Station 1.jpg

| alt = Oe Station

| caption = Oe Station in 2008

| address = Takakicho Shitagumi, Isahaya-shi, Nagasaki-ken 859-0113

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|32.891317|130.112306|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| owned =

| operator = 20px JR Kyushu

| line = {{JRKSN|JH}} Nagasaki Main Line

| distance = 90.9 km from {{STN|Tosu|x}}

| platforms = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| train_operators =

| connections =

| structure = At grade

| parking =

| bicycle = Bike shed

| accessible = No - access to platform by footbridge

| code =

| status = Unstaffed

| website = {{Official website|1=http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/1191454_1601.html}}

| opened = {{Start date|1934|03|24|df=y}}

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 145 daily

| pass_year = FY2014

| pass_rank =

| services = {{Adjstn|system=JR Kyushu|line=Nagasaki|left= Hizen-Nagata |right=Yue}}

| map_type = Japan Nagasaki Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Oe Station

|mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 17

}}

{{nihongo|Oe Station|小江駅|Oe-eki}} is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isahaya, 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}}

Oe Station has one of the shortest station names in Japan. The others are Ei Station in Kagoshima Prefecture, Ao Station in Hyōgo Prefecture and Ii Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Tsu Station of Mie Prefecture has a shorter name in Japanese (it is the only station name written with one kana), but this is not so when romanized.

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 90.9 km from the starting point of the line at {{STN|Tosu|x}}.

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is a metal cabin and is unstaffed, serving only as a waiting room with an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.{{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=ja|pages=22, 67}}{{cite web|url=http://hacchi-no-he.net/line/nagasaki/station/0220_oe.htm|title=小江|trans-title=Oe|access-date=16 March 2018|website=hacchi-no-he.net}}

=Platforms=

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File:JRKyushu Oe Station 2.jpg|A view of the platform and tracks.

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) built the station in the 1930s during the development of an alternative route for the Nagasaki Main Line along the coast of the Ariake Sea. In a phase of construction of what was at first called the Ariake West Line, a track was built from {{STN|Isahaya|x}} (on the existing Nagasaki Main Line) north to {{STN|Yue|x}} which opened on 24 March 1934 as the terminus of the track. Oe was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on this stretch of track. A few months later, link up was made from Yue to {{STN|Tara|x}} (which had been extended south from {{STN|Hizen-Yamaguchi|x}}). With through traffic achieved from Hizen-Yamaguchi on the new route to Nagasaki, the entire stretch of track was designated as part of the Nagasaki Main Line on 1 December 1934. 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}}{{Teishajo|II|715}}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, there were a total of 52,823 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 145 passengers.{{cite web|url=https://www.pref.nagasaki.jp/bunrui/kenseijoho/toukeijoho/kankoubutsu/nenkan/285599.html#unyu|title=第63版（平成28年）長崎県統計年鑑|trans-title=Nagasaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 63rd Edition 2016|access-date=16 March 2018|website=Nagasaki Prefectural Government website}} See table at section under Transportation and Communications.