Haiki Station
railway station in Sasebo, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan
Haiki Station (Japanese: 早岐駅, Hepburn: Haiki-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.
Lines
The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 39.9 km from the starting point of the line at Hizen-Yamaguchi. There is no through track. Trains stopping at the station execute a switchback before continuing their journey towards either termini of the line. The station is also the nominal starting point of the Ōmura Line although most of the local trains on the line continue their journey to end at Sasebo using the Sasebo Line tracks. Besides the local services on the Sasebo Line, the following rapid and limited express services also stop at the station:
Seaside Liner – rapid service from Sasebo to Nagasaki
Midori – limited express from Hakata to Sasebo)
Huis Ten Bosch – limited express from Hakata to Huis Ten Bosch
Station layout
The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving four tracks. Track/platform 1 is a dead-end siding and juts into the other side of platform 2. It is used by trains on the Sasebo Line to perform a switchback to continue their journey after stopping at the station as there is no through-track. Track 3 is a through-track for Sasebo Line towards the Ōmura Line while tracks 4/5 are served by platforms 4 and 5, the island platform.
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