Balloon Saga Station
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Balloon Saga Station (バルーンさが駅 Baruun saga eki?) is a train station beside the Kase river, Saga City, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is run by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line. It is a temporary station which is only operational during the Saga International Balloon Fiesta (around the end of October/beginning of November).
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[edit] Layout
There is only one platform, which one must ascend to or descend from. Limited express trains with eight cars or under stop here.
[edit] Environs
Built at the dry Kase riverbed, there are mainly fields surrounding the station and not many homes or businesses. During the Balloon Festival the area is full of tourists.
[edit] History
November 18, 1989 - Opening
[edit] Adjacent Stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nabeshima | Nagasaki Main Line | Kubota |
Tosu - Hizen-Fumoto - Nakabara - Yoshinogari-kōen - Kanzaki - Igaya - Saga - Nabeshima - (seasonal) Balloon Saga - Kubota - Ushizu - Hizen-Yamaguchi - Hizen-Shiroishi - Hizen-Ryūō - Hizen-Kashima - Hizen-Hama - Hizen-Nanaura - Hizen-Iida - Tara - (Sato Signal Box) - Hizen-Ōura - (Doizaki Signal Box) - Konagai - Nagasato - Yue - Oe - Hizen-Nagata - Higashi-Isahaya - Isahaya - Nishi-Isahaya - Kikitsu - Ichinuno - Hizen-Koga - Utsutsugawa - (Hizen-Mikawa Signal Box) - Urakami - Nagasaki
(old line)
Kikitsu - Higashi Sono - Ōkusa - Honkawachi - Nagoyo - Kōda - Michinō - Nishi-Urakami - Urakami
