Kami-Arita Station
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JR KyushuKami-Arita Station 上有田駅 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1-chōme-13 Nakadaru, Arita-cho, Nishimatsuura-gun, Saga-ken 844-0002 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°11′25″N 129°54′21″E / 33.1902°N 129.9057°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line | ■ Sasebo Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 25.7 km from Hizen-Yamaguchi | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No – platforms linked by footbridge | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1898 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Nakataru (until 1 May 1909) | ||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 108 daily | ||||||||||
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Kami-Arita Station (上有田駅, Kami-Arita-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Arita, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]
The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 25.7 km from the starting point of the line at Hizen-Yamaguchi.[3] Only Sasebo Line local services stop at this station.[4]
Station layout
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two staggered side platforms serving two tracks with a siding branching off track 2 and running on the other side of platform 2. The station building is an original Meiji-era timber structure built in 1909 when the station opened for passenger traffic. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2][5]
The station is normally unstaffed but some types of tickets are available from a kan'i itaku agent outside the station. In addition, during the "Arita Pottery City", a major ceramic pottery fair held in the town of Arita during Golden Week, a ticket window with a POS machine would be set up.[6]
Arita Station during Golden Week 2017. The sign says "Arita Pottery City information centre".
A view of the platforms and tracks. The siding can be seen to the far left.
History
The private Kyushu Railway, in building a line to Nagasaki, had opened a track from Tosu to Saga and Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen) by 5 May 1895 and had expanded to Haiki by 10 July 1897. On 1 October 1989. the station was opened as an intermediate station on the existing track between Takeo-Onsen and Haiki. At the time it was named Nakataru (中樽) and was for freight only. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 1 May 1909, passenger services commenced and the station was renamed Kami-Arita. On 12 October 1909, track from Tosu through Kami-Arita and Haiki to Nagasaki was designated the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and the official starting point of the Sasebo Line was moved to Hizen-Yamaguchi. As such, Kami-Arita became part of the Sasebo 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.[7][8]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 39,518 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 108 passengers.[9]
Environs
- Japan National Route 35
- Arita Ceramic Art Museum
