Kami-Arita Station

Kami-Arita Station 上有田駅
General information
Location	Arita, Nishimatsuura, Saga Japan
Operated by	Kyushu Railway Company
Line(s)	Sasebo Line
History
Opened	1898
Previous names	Nakadaru

Kami-Arita Station (上有田駅, Kami-Arita-eki) is a train station in Nakataru 1-chōme, Arita Town, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Sasebo Line.

An employee is dispatched by the limit from Arita Station all over Arita Tōkiichi held period (in Golden Week), and some limited express Midori and Huis Ten Bosch trains stopping at this station every year.

Layout

This station has two tracks and two side platforms.

Environs

• National Route 35
• Arita art museum of ceramics porcelains

History

• 1 October 1898 - Opened as Nakataru Freight Station (中樽駅, Nakadaru-eki).
• 1 May 1909 - Passenger service started and renamed to present name.
• 1 April 1987 - Railways privatize and the station is inherited by JR Kyushu.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Kyūshū Railway Company
Sasebo Line
Mimasaka		Local	Arita