Tosu Station

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namerom= Tosu
name= 鳥栖


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pref= Saga
city= Tosu
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operator= JR Kyushu
line= Kagoshima Main Line
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bus=nihongo|Tosu Station|鳥栖駅|Tosu-eki is a train station in Tosu city, Saga prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is the point where the Kagoshima Main Line and the Nagasaki Main Line intersect. The daily average of passengers using this station is about 13,000 people.

Layout

It is an above ground station with six tracks, three island platforms and two underground passageways connecting them with the station building. The current station building was built in March, 1911 and is the second iteration of Tosu Station. The iron bars which support the platform roofs were manufactured in the Meiji era. It has a MARS terminal and an automatic ticket machine.

Limited Express Trains

*Ariake
*Relay Tsubame
*Hayabusa
*Huis Ten Bosch
*Kamome
*Midori
*Yufu/Yufu DX/Yufuinnomori

Environs

*Tosu Stadium (home to Division 2 J. League team Sagan Tosu)
*Tosu Premium Outlets (15 minutes by bus)
*Saga Racetrack (13 minutes by bus)

Bus routes

*Nishitetsu Bus Saga
**To Tosu city proper, Kurume Station (Nishitetsu), Kiyama, Metabara, Kanzaki
**To Ogōri Station (Nishitetsu)
**To Tosu Premium Outlets

History

*December 11, 1889 - Kyushu Railway opens track between Hakata Station and Chitose Station. Tosu Station is one of the first train stations in Kyūshū.
*August 20, 1891 - Track from Tosu Station to Saga Station opens.
*July 1, 1907 - Railways nationalize and the station becomes part of Japanese Government Railways.
*August 11, 1945 - A large-scale air raid destroys the station, though the main building is saved.
*April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and the station is inherited by JR Kyushu and JR Freight.
*March 18, 2006 - JR Freight discontinues use of the station. Tosu Freight Terminal Station opens.

Adjacent stations

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