Reikūkōen-Taiikukan Station[note 1]

霊丘公園体育館駅
Station platform in August 2006
General information
LocationShimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates32°46′56.2″N 130°22′27.1″E / 32.782278°N 130.374194°E / 32.782278; 130.374194
Operated byShimabara Railway
Line(s) Shimabara Railway Line
Distance41.5 km from Isahaya
PlatformsOne platform
TracksOne track
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
WebsiteStation page (in Japanese)
History
Opened12 November 1984 (1984-11-12)
Location
Reikūkōen-Taiikukan Station is located in Nagasaki Prefecture
Reikūkōen-Taiikukan Station
Reikūkōen-Taiikukan Station
Location within Nagasaki Prefecture
Reikūkōen-Taiikukan Station is located in Japan
Reikūkōen-Taiikukan Station
Reikūkōen-Taiikukan Station
Reikūkōen-Taiikukan Station (Japan)

Reikūkōen-Taiikukan Station (霊丘公園体育館駅, Reikūkōen-taiikukan-eki, れいきゅうこうえんたいいくかんえき) is a train station located in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is on the Shimabara Railway Line which is operated by the third-sector Shimabara Railway.[1][2]

The line follows a scenic route around the Shimabara Peninsula, off the coast of the Ariake Sea. Japan National Route 251 also runs parallel.[3]

Lines

Trains on this line terminate at Shimabarakō and Isahaya, where travellers can transfer to the JR Kyushu Nagasaki Main Line and Ōmura Line. It is 41.5 km from Isahaya. Local and express services stop at the station.[4][5]

Trains to Kazusa were terminated on the 1st of April 2008 after the stretch of line from Shimabara closed.

Station layout

The station consists of a ground-level platform with a single bi-directional track.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Shimabara Railway Line
Shimabara Local Shimabara-Funatsu
Shimabara Express Shimabara-Funatsu

See also

Notes

  1. Platform signage displays the romanised spelling of this station as Reikūkōentaiikukan, though Reikūkōen-Taiikukan is also common usage.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

  1. "霊丘公園体育館駅 | 島原鉄道" [Reikūkōen-Taiikukan Station | Shimabara Railway]. Shimabara Railway (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  2. "【第120表】鉄道運輸" [(Table 120) Rail transport] (XLS). Nagasaki Prefecture government (in Japanese). 2017. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  3. "Node: Shimatetsu-Honshamae (282414260)". OpenStreetMap. 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  4. "島原鉄道列車時刻表" [Shimabara Railway Train Timetable] (PDF). Shimabara Railway (in Japanese). 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  5. "霊丘公園体育館駅 | 駅探" [Reikūkōen-Taiikukan Station | Station Search]. 駅探 (Ekitan) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-06.
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