Nishi-Karatsu Station
# Nishi-Karatsu Station

Nishi-Karatsu Station (西唐津駅, Nishi-Karatsu-eki) is a railway station in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

This station is a terminal station of the Karatsu Line, including trains from the Chikuhi Line.

## Layout

The station is ground level with a single side platform.

## Adjacent stations

| ← | | Service | | → |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Karatsu Line |||||
| Karatsu | Karatsu | Local | Terminus | Terminus |
| Chikuhi Line |||||
| Karatsu | Karatsu | Local | Terminus | Terminus |

## Environs

* JR Kyushu Karatsu Railway Division Karatsu transportation center
* Nishi-Karatsu Post Office
* Karatsu Police Station
* Kyushu Electric Power Karatsu Thermal power station

## History

* December 1, 1898 - Station is established as Myōken Station (妙見駅, Myōken-eki).
* October 11, 1905 - Renamed to present name.
* August 1982 - The present station building is completed.
* March 22, 1983 - Electrification of the track between Meinohama Station and Nishi-Karatsu Station is completed.
* April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and JR Kyushu inherits this station.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 502 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 246th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

