Suwa Station
Railway station in Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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Suwa Station (諏訪駅, Suwa-eki) is the railway station in Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Ōmura Line.[1][2]
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JR KyushuSuwa Station 諏訪駅  | |||||||||||
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Suwa Station in 2008 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Suwa 2-chome, Ōmura-shi, Nagasaki-ken 856-0024 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°55′25″N 129°57′37″E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line | ■ Ōmura Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 34.8 km from Haiki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No - steps lead up to platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 March 1989 | ||||||||||
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| FY2014 | 262 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
The station is served by the Ōmura Line and is located 34.8 km from the starting point of the line at Haiki.[3] Only local services on the line stop at the station.[4] As of March 2019, a total of 37 trains per day make scheduled stops at Suwa Station: 19 in the direction of Nagasaki; and 18 in the direction of Sasebo.[5]
Station layout
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is a modern timber structure which formerly housed a ticket window but which has become unstaffed. With the station building closed, there is a direct entrance to the platform via a flight of steps. A shelter and automatic ticket vending machine and SUGOCA card reader have been installed on the platform.[3][2][6]
History
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, there were a total of 95,775 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 262 passengers.[8]
Environs
- Omura City Nishi Omura Elementary School
- Omura City Chuo Elementary School
- Omura City Nishi Omura Junior High School
- Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Omura Garrison
