Kanzaki Station (Saga)

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Kanzaki Station (神埼駅, Kanzaki-eki^?) is a train station in Kanzaki Town, Kanzaki City, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.

Contents 1 Layout 2 Environs 3 History 4 Adjacent stations

[edit] Layout

It is an above ground station with two side platforms and three tracks. The station itself is in a bridge which is meant to resemble a Yayoi period raised-floor style storehouse. It does not have a MARS terminal, but it does have a POS system from which tickets may be sold.

[edit] Environs

• Kanzaki City Hall
• Saga Prefectural Kanzaki High School
• National Route 34
• Kanzaki Junior High School
• Yoshinogari Ruins
• Kanzaki Onsen

[edit] History

• August 20, 1891 - Opening as Kanzaki Station under the jurisdiction of Kyushu Railroad
• July 1, 1907 - Kyushu Railroad nationalizes and the station falls under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Ministry
• May 1, 1945 - Station is renamed Hizen-Kanzaki Station
• April 10, 1956 - Renamed again, back to Kanzaki Station, this time with slightly different kanji
• June 6, 1976 - Track from Tosu to Hizen-Koga to Nagasaki is electrified
• April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and the station is inherited by JR Kyushu and JR Freight
• May 22, 1997 - Usage as a freight station is discontinued

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Yoshinogari-kōen		Nagasaki Main Line		Igaya

v • d • e Stations of the Nagasaki Main Line (new line) Tosu - Hizen-Fumoto - Nakabaru - Yoshinogari-kōen - Kanzaki - Igaya - Saga - Nabeshima - Balloon Saga - Kubota - Ushizu - Hizen-Yamaguchi - 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 - Michinō - Nishi-Urakami - Urakami