Ogi Station

Railway station in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, Japan

33°17′08″N 130°11′57″E / 33.285486°N 130.199083°E / 33.285486; 130.199083Operated by

JR KyushuLine(s)JK Karatsu Line Distance5.1 km from KubotaPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeOther informationStatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened14 December 1903 (1903-12-14)PassengersFY2022919 dailyRank144th (among JR Kyushu stations) Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Kubota Terminus		Karatsu Line		Higashi-Taku towards Nishi-Karatsu

Location
Ogi Station Location within Saga Prefecture Show map of Saga Prefecture Ogi Station Ogi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Ogi Station (小城駅, Ogi-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Karatsu Line operated by JR Kyushu located in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, Japan.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Karatsu Line and is located 5.1 km from the starting point of the line at Kubota.^[3]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. Platform 2 was once an island platform but the middle track has been removed. The station building, of traditional Japanese architecture, houses a waiting room and ticket window. Access to platform 2 is by means of a level crossing.^[2]^[3]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[4]^[5]

Platforms

1	■ JK Karatsu Line	for Saga
2	■ JK Karatsu Line	for Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu

View of platform 1. Note the track bed of the former centre track which has been removed.
View of platform 2. A fence has been set up on one side of this former island platform converted to a side platform.

History

The Karatsu Kogyo Railway had opened a track from Miyoken (now Nishi-Karatsu) which, by 25 December 1899, had reached Azamibaru (now Taku). On 23 February 1902, the company, now renamed the Karatsu Railway, merged with the Kyushu Railway which undertook the next phase of expansion. The track was extended east, with Kubota opening as the final eastern terminus on 14 December 1903. Ogi opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the track. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the line which served the station was designated the Karatsu Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.^[6]^[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 919 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 144th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[8]

Surrounding area

Ogi City Health and Welfare Center
Saga Prefectural Ogi High School
Ogi City Ogi Junior High School

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "小城" [Ogi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道四国・九州ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第5巻長崎佐賀エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 19, 80. ISBN 9784062951647.
^ "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
^ "小城駅" [Ogi Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 12 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 223–4. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 719. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2023.