Hizen-Nagata Station

Hizen-Nagata Station (肥前長田駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. name=hacchi/>

Lines
The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 95.6 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.

Station layout
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. There is no station building. Near the entrance to station is a shelter which houses an automatic ticket vending machine. Shelters are also provided on the platforms for passengers. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.

History
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) built the station in the 1930s during the development of an alternative route for the Nagasaki Main Line along the coast of the Ariake Sea. In a phase of construction of what was at first called the Ariake West Line, a track was built from Isahaya (on the existing Nagasaki Main Line) north to Yue which opened on 24 March 1934 as the terminus of the track. Hizen-Nagata was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on this stretch of track. A few months later, link up was made from Yue to Tara (which had been extended south from Hizen-Yamaguchi). With through traffic achieved from Hizen-Yamaguchi on the new route to Nagasaki, the entire stretch of track was designated as part of the Nagasaki Main Line on 1 December 1934. 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 2014, there were a total of 49,229 boarding passengers, given a daily average of 135 passengers.

Surrounding area

 * Nagasaki Ken'ei Bus, Higashi Nagata Bus Stop
 * Nagata Post Office
 * National Isahaya Youth Outdoor Learning Center (though this is the closest station, there is a direct bus from Isahaya Station)
 * Ōsato-Moriyama-Hizennagata Prefectural Route 124
 * Ōsato-Moriyama-Hizennagata Prefectural Route 124