Higashi-Saigawa-Sanshirō Station
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Higashi-Saigawa-Sanshirō Station 東犀川三四郎駅 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Saigawazokumyoin, Miyako-cho, Miyako-gun, Fukuokaken 824-0203 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°39′42″N 130°56′56″E / 33.6616°N 130.9490°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Heisei Chikuhō Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Tagawa Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 8.2 km (from Yukuhashi Station) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | HC25 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 18 March 1993 | ||||||||||
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Higashi-Saigawa-Sanshirō Station (東犀川三四郎駅, Higashi-Saigawa-Sanshirō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Miyako, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector railway operator Heisei Chikuhō Railway. [1] The station name pays tribute to Toyotaka Komiya, a Japanese literary critic and student of writer Natsume Sōseki. Born in Miyako, Komiya is known as the model for the character of Sanshirō in Sōseki's novel of the same name.[2]
Lines
[edit]Higashi-Saigawa-Sanshirō Station is served by the Tagawa and is located 8.2 km from the starting point of the line at Yukuhashi.[1]Trains arrive roughly every 30 minutes.[3]
Layout
[edit]The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a shelter on the platform. The station is unattended.[1]
History
[edit]The station was opened on March 18, 1993.
Surrounding area
[edit]- Fukuoka Prefectural Route 34 Bridge Soeda Line
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 49, 79. ISBN 9784062951630.
- ^ "Higashi-Saigawa-Sanshirō Station". Heisei Chikuhō Railway. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "平成筑豊鉄道全駅時刻表 直方 → 金田 → 田川伊田 → 行橋・金田 → 田川後藤寺" (PDF). 平成筑豊鉄道 (in Japanese). 平成筑豊鉄道. 16 March 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
External links
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Media related to Higashi-Saigawa-Sanshiro Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Higashi-Saigawa-Sanshirō Station (in Japanese) (Heisei Chikuhō Railway website)