Huis Ten Bosch Station (ハウステンボス駅, Hausutenbosu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2] This station serves the Huis Ten Bosch theme park after which it is named.
Huis Ten Bosch Station ハウステンボス駅  | |||||||||||||||||||
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 The west (theme park side) entrance of Huis Ten Bosch Station in February 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Haenosaki-chō, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki-ken 859-3236 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°05′29.81″N 129°47′47.80″E / 33.0916139°N 129.7966111°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Kyushu | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Ōmura Line | ||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4.7 km from Haiki | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes - elevator to platform | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 March 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2020 | 654 daily | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 189th (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Ōmura Line and is located 4.7 km from the starting point of the line at Haiki.[3] Besides the local services on the line, the Rapid Seaside Liner also stops at the station. The station is the terminus for the JR Kyushu Limited Express Huis Ten Bosch from Hakata.[4]
Station layout
editThe station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is built of brick in a Dutch style to blend with the theme park and is a elevated structure, built over the platforms and tracks and houses a ticket counter, a waiting area and a shop. A flight of steps and an elevator from the station concourse gives access to the platform below. Platform/track 2 is a through-track and is used by Ōmura Line traffic. Platform/line 1 was also formerly a through-track but has now become a dead-end siding in order to accommodate the installation of an elevator shaft. It is used for trains such as the Huis Ten Bosch limited express which terminates at the station. Of the stations on the Ōmura Line, only the section from Haiki to this station has been electrified to accommodate the Huis Ten Bosch express trains.[3][2][5]
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 counter which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[6][7]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Ōmura Line | for Hakata (Express Huis Ten Bosch) |
| 2 | ■ Ōmura Line | for Nagasaki for Sasebo |
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A distant view of the station, approaching it by way of the bridge from the theme park.
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The east entrance of the station. The theme park is on the other side.
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A view of the platforms in 2013. Track 1 is a siding. Note the elevator shaft behind it and the station building above.
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An older view of platform/track 1 in 2005 when it was still a through track and there was no elevator shaft.
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Platform 2 in the direction of Haiki. Note the catenary wires.
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Ticket gate and steps leading down to the platforms.
History
editJR Kyushu opened the station on 10 March 1992 shortly before the opening of the theme park.[8]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 654 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 189th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]
Surrounding area
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b "ハウステンボス" [Huis Te Bosch]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 21 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. 27, 72. ISBN 9784062951647.
- ^ "ハウステンボス" [Huis Ten Bosch]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "大村線・ハウステンボス駅に行ってきました" [I went to Huis Ten Bosch Station Ōmura Line]. Ameblo.jp. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
- ^ "長崎支店内各駅" [Stations within the Nagasaki Branch]. JRTE website. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "ハウステンボス駅" [Huis Ten Bosch Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 21 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. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 737. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
External links
edit Media related to Huis Ten Bosch Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Huis Ten Bosch Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)