title: Nishisato Station
text: # Nishisato Station
  
  Nishisato Station (西里駅, Nishisato-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu in Kita-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.
  
  ## Lines
  
  The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 188.8 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.
  
  ## Layout
  
  The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. There is no station building, only shelters on both platforms for waiting passengers. Automatic ticket machines are provided. The platforms are linked by a footbridge.
  
  * A view of the platforms and tracks.
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | ← | | Service | | → |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Kagoshima Main Line |||||
  | Ueki | Ueki | Local | Sōjōdaigakumae | Sōjōdaigakumae |
  | Ueki | Ueki | Rapid | Sōjōdaigakumae | Sōjōdaigakumae |
  
  ## History
  
  Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Nishisato Signal Box (西里信号場) on 1 October 1943 on the existing track of the Kagoshima Main Line. On 10 December 1954, Japanese National Railways (JNR), the postwar successor of JGR, upgrade the facility to a full station. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 883 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 179th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.
  
  