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).

Contents 1 Layout 2 Environs 3 History 4 Adjacent stations

[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.

• National Route 34

[edit] History

November 18, 1989 - Opening

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Nabeshima		Nagasaki Main Line		Kubota

v • d • e Stations of the Nagasaki Main Line (new line) Tosu - Hizen-Fumoto - Nakabaru - Yoshinogari-kōen - Kanzaki - Igaya - Saga - Nabeshima - Balloon Saga - Kubota - Ushizu - Hizen-Yamaguchi - Hizen-Shiroishi - Hizen-Ryūō - Hizen-Kashima - Hizen-Hama - Hizen-Nanaura - Hizen-Iida - Tara - Hizen-Ōura - Konagai - Nagasato - Yue - Oe - Hizen-Nagata - Higashi-Isahaya - Isahaya - Nishi-Isahaya - Kikitsu - Ichinuno - Hizen-Koga - Utsutsugawa - Urakami - Nagasaki (old line) Kikitsu - Higashisono - Ōkusa - Honkawachi - Nagayo - Kōda - Michinō - Nishi-Urakami - Urakami