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Maehama Station

railway station in Matsuura, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ11397350 ↗
Source-derived summary

Maehama Station (前浜駅, Maehama-eki; まえはまえき) is a train station located in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is on the Nishi-Kyūshū Line which has been operated by the third-sector Matsuura Railway since 1988.

Lines

Matsuura Railway

Nishi-Kyūshū Line

Trains on this branch terminate at either Imari or Saza. Travellers can transfer at Imari for local trains to Arita, or either a local or rapid train from Saza to Sasebo. It is 32.4 km from Arita.

Station layout

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

Adjacent stations

See also

List of railway stations in Japan

References

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

External links

Media related to Maehama Station at Wikimedia Commons

Matsuura Railway (in Japanese)

Navitime station timetable (in Japanese)

Yahoo!

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Maehama Station” as railway station in Matsuura, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Maehama, Station and railway.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1990-03-10. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Maehama, Station and railway providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Maehama Station”, the useful work is to connect “railway station in Matsuura, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11397350. Authority coordinates are 33.359, 129.736. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Maehama Station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Maehama Station primary sources, Maehama Station archive and Maehama research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Maehama Station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Maehama Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.