title: Saga Station
text: # Saga Station
  
  Saga Station (佐賀駅, Saga-eki) is a railway station on the Nagasaki Main Line in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). Trains from this station also serve the Sasebo and Karatsu Lines.
  
  ## Layout
  
  Saga Station is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four tracks. The station building and concourse are below the platforms.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  Tracks :
  
  | 1 | ■Nagasaki Main Line・Sasebo Line | for Hizen-Yamaguchi, Isahaya, and Haiki |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | ■Karatsu Line | for Taku and Karatsu |
  | 2 | ■Limited express: Kamome | for Isahaya and Nagasaki |
  | 2 | ■Limited express: Midori, Huis Ten Bosch | for Sasebo and Huis ten Bosch |
  | 2 | ■Nagasaki Main Line・Sasebo Line | for Hizen-Yamaguchi, Isahaya, and Haiki |
  | 3 | ■Nagasaki Main Line | for Kanzaki and Tosu |
  | 3 | ■Karatsu Line | for Taku and Karatsu |
  | 4 | ■Limited Express: Kamome, Midori, Huis Ten Bosch | for Tosu and Hakata |
  | 4 | ■Nagasaki Main Line | for Kanzaki and Tosu |
  
  ## History
  
  The station was opened on 20 August 1891 by the private Kyushu Railway as the western terminus of a line from Tosu. It became a through station on 5 May 1895 when the track was extended west to Yamaguchi (today Hizen-Yamaguchi) and Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen). When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Nagasaki Main Line. On 25 May 1935, the station also became part of the Saga Line when the track from Yabekawa (today Setaka to Chikugo-Ōgawa was extended north to Saga. The Saga Line was closed on 28 March 1987. A few days later, 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 12,341 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 9th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Saga Station Bus Center
  