Ōchi Station

Ōchi Station (相知駅) is a passenger railway station operated by JR Kyushu located in the city of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan.

Lines
The station is served by the Karatsu Line and is located 26.0 km from the starting point of the line at Kubota.

Station layout
The station consists of two unnumbered side platforms serving two tracks. It had originally been a side and an island platform but the centre track has been removed. A station building also doubles as a community hall. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. The station is unstaffed but a kan'i itaku agent sells some types of tickets from the ticket window in the station building.

History
On 1 December 1898, the Karatsu Kogyo Railway had opened a track from Miyoken (now Nishi-Karatsu) to Yamamoto. On 13 June 1899, the track was extended to Kyūragi with Ōchi opening on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. On 23 February 1902, the company, now renamed the Karatsu Railway, merged with the Kyushu Railway. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the line which served the station was designated the Karatsu 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.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 84,066 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 230 passengers.

Surrounding area

 * Ōchi Post office
 * Karatsu City Hall Ōchi Branch
 * Ōchi Library
 * Karatsu City Ōchi Elementary School
 * Karatsu City Ōchi Junior High School
 * Memorial Hall of Hideo Murata