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Opened
  
1898

Phone
  
+81 956-22-7115

Sasebo Station

Location
  
Miura-chō, Sasebo, Nagasaki (佐世保市三浦町) Japan

Operated by
  
JR Kyūshū Matsuura Railway

Line(s)
  
Sasebo Line Nishi-Kyūshū Line

Address
  
21-1 Miuracho, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture 857-0863, Japan

Similar
  
Haiki Station, Sasebo‑Chūō Station, Naka‑Sasebo Station, Nagasaki Station, Daitō Station

Cat juke box hero at sasebo station


Sasebo Station (佐世保駅, Sasebo-eki) is the major railway station in the city of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, in Japan. The Sasebo Line of the Kyushu Railway Company and the Nishi-Kyūshū Line of the Matsuura Railway provide local and regional service and connections to the extensive JR network. Sasebo is the westernmost station in the JR Group.

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The daily average number of passengers using this station is about 8,500 people.

The plaza in front of Sasebo Station contains a multi-level shopping complex called Friesta Sasebo, with coffee shops, clothing, housewares, music and a supermarket. Within the station itself are souvenir shops featuring local foods and products.

Sasebo Station is about two hours by train from Hakata Station in the city of Fukuoka (via the Midori line) and about two hours from Nagasaki Station in the city of Nagasaki.

Across the street from Sasebo Station is the Sasebo Bus Center, which provides connecting service to many local destinations.

Hd time lapse bird s eye view of sasebo station east in the twilight


Lines

  • JR Kyushu
  • Sasebo Line
  • Matsuura Railway
  • Nishi-Kyūshū Line
  • JR

    The station is above ground level with 3 platforms and 6 tracks.

    MR

    The Matsuura station is above ground level with 1 platform and 2 tracks.

    East

  • Ekimachi Ichōme Sasebo
  • Hotel Resol Sasebo
  • Sasebo Station Post Office
  • Sasebo Bus Center
  • National Route 35
  • Port

  • Shin-Minato Terminal
  • Kujirase Terminal
  • Sasebo Gobangai
  • History

  • January 20, 1898 - Open for business by Kyushu Railway.
  • July 1, 1907 - Railways nationalize and the station becomes part of Japanese Government Railways.
  • April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and the station is inherited by JR Kyushu.
  • April 1, 1988 - JR Kyushu Matsuura Line inherited by Matsuura Railway and renamed Nishi-Kyushu Line.
  • December 26, 2001 - Elevated station is completed.
  • References

    Sasebo Station Wikipedia