Tabira-Hiradoguchi Station

Tabira-Hiradoguchi Station たびら平戸口駅
Station Building (2009/09)
Location
Prefecture	Nagasaki (See other stations in Nagasaki)
City	Hirado
Neighborhood etc.	Tabira-chō Yamanouchi-men
(in Japanese)	平戸市田平町山内免
History
Year opened	1935
Former name	Hiradoguchi Station
Present name since	1989
Rail services
Operator(s)	Matsuura Railway
Line(s)	Nishi-Kyūshū Line
Statistics	302 passengers/day (2005)

Tabira-Hiradoguchi Station (たびら平戸口駅, Tabira-Hiradoguchi-eki) is the railway station in Tabira-chō Yamanouchi-men, Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture. It is operated by Matsuura Railway and is on the Nishi-Kyūshū Line.

This station is westernmost station of the railway using traditional rail tracks in Japan.

Lines

• Matsuura Railway
  • Nishi-Kyūshū Line

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Matsuura Railway
Naka-Tabira		Nishi-Kyushu Line		Nishi-Tabira

Station layout

The station is ground level with 2 platforms and 3 tracks.

Tracks

1	■Nishi-Kyūshū Line	To Matsuura・Imari
2	■Nishi-Kyūshū Line	To Imari・Sasebo
3	■Nishi-Kyūshū Line	To Saza・Sasebo

Environs

• National Route 204
• Hirado City Office Tabira Branch
• Hirado Bridge
• Tabira post office
• Shinwa Bank Tabira Branch

History

• August 6, 1935 - Opens for business as Hiradoguchi Station.
• April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and this station is inherited by JR Kyushu.
• April 1, 1988 - This station is inherited by Matsuura Railway.
• March 11, 1989 - This Station is renamed to Tabira-Hiradoguchi Station.

Gallery

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  Platforms（2007/10）

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  Inside of the Station（2007/10）

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  The monument of "the station of the Japanese most west end"（2007/02）

External links

• Matsuura Railway (Japanese)
• The introduction of Tabira-Hiradoguchi Station (Nagasaki Shimbun-sha, Japanese)