Saza Station

Saza Station (佐々駅) is the railway station in Hontabaru-men, Saza, Nagasaki Prefecture. It is operated by Matsuura Railway and is on the Nishi-Kyūshū Line.

Lines

 * Matsuura Railway
 * Nishi-Kyūshū Line

Adjacent stations

 * colspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |Matsuura Railway
 * colspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |Matsuura Railway

Station layout
The station is ground level with two platforms and three tracks.

Environs
This station stands near the central area of Saza Town.
 * National Route 204
 * Saza Bus Center
 * Saza Town Office
 * JP Saza Post Office
 * Shinwa Bank Saza Branch

History
On 27 December 1931, the station opened as Sasa Station for business as the Sasebo Railway built a branch from Yotsuyubi (later renamed Yotsuibi) on the existing line connecting the city of Sasebo and Usunoura.

On 24 October 1933, a new line was opened from Sasa to Sechibaru. This opening was actually a transfer of an existing private mining railway to the railway company.

On 1 October 1936, the Sasebo Railway was nationalized. Simultaneously, the station name was changed from Sasa to Saza, without changing the kanji script.

On 1 March 1945, the railway route was changed so that Saza became a junction of the Matsuura Line and the Usunoura Line. The operation of the Usunoura Line (Saza–Usunoura) was discontinued on 26 December 1971.

On 1 April 1987, the Japanese National Railways was privatized and this station was inherited by JR Kyushu. On 1 April 1988, this station was inherited by Matsuura Railway.