Hizen-Fumoto Station

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Hizen-Fumoto Station (肥前麓駅, Hizenfumoto-eki) is a railway station in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.

Layout

It is an above ground station with two tracks, two platforms and a footbridge connecting them. It does not have a MARS terminal, but does have a POS system from which tickets may be sold.

Environs

There are many homes and factories in the area.

Saga Prefectural Tosu Commercial High School
Kyūshū Ryūkoku Junior College

History

September 30, 1942 - Hizen-Fumoto Signal Box is constructed by the Railway Ministry
March 1, 1947 - Becomes a passenger station and is renamed Hizen-Fumoto Station
June 6, 1976 - Track from Tosu to Hizen-Koga to Nagasaki is electrified
April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and Hizen-Fumoto Station is inherited by JR Kyushu

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Shin-Tosu		Nagasaki Main Line		Nakabara

v t e Stations of the Nagasaki Main Line

(new line)	Tosu Shin-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 Michinoo Nishi-Urakami Urakami

Coordinates: 33°21′56″N 130°28′39″E / 33.3655°N 130.4774°E / 33.3655; 130.4774

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