title: Daitō Station
text: # Daitō Station
  
  Daitō Station (大塔駅, Daitō-eki) is a railway station in Daitō Town, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Sasebo Line.
  
  ## Lines
  
  The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 42.6 km from the starting point of the line at Hizen-Yamaguchi. Besides the Sasebo Line local services, the JR Kyushu Rapid Seaside Liner also stops at the station. In addition, although Haiki is the official starting point of the Ōmura Line, most of its local services run on to terminate at Sasebo using the Sasebo Line track and stop at this station on the way.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two staggered side platforms serving two tracks. There is no station building but shelters are provided on both platforms as well as automatic ticket vending machines. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a level crossing with ramps at both ends.
  
  * Close up of the level crossing and ramp leading to a platform.
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | ← | | Service | | → |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sasebo Line |||||
  | Haiki | Haiki | Local | Hiu | Hiu |
  | Ōmura Line |||||
  | Haiki | Haiki | Local | Hiu | Hiu |
  | JR Kyushu Rapid |||||
  | Hiu | Hiu | Seaside Liner | Haiki | Haiki |
  
  ## History
  
  Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 30 September 1942 as Daitō Signal Box. On 15 May 1945, the facility was upgraded to a full station and passenger services commenced. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 523 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 242nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.
  
  ## Environs
  
  * Nishi–Kyushu Expressway Sasebo–Daitō Interchange
  * National Route 35
  * National Route 205
  * ÆON Daitō Shopping Center
  