Oe Station
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is a train station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 in Takaki Town, Isahaya
Isahaya, Nagasaki
is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on September 1, 1940. On March 1, 2005, the city expanded through a merger with the surrounding towns of Tarami, Moriyama, Iimori, Takaki and Konagai merged to form the new city of Isahaya...

, Nagasaki Prefecture
Nagasaki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. The capital is the city of Nagasaki.- History :Nagasaki Prefecture was created by merging of the western half of the former province of Hizen with the island provinces of Tsushima and Iki...

, Japan
Japan
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. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line. Oe Station has one of the shortest station names in Japan. The others are Ei Station in Kagoshima Prefecture
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers...

, Ao Station in Hyōgo Prefecture
Hyogo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...

 and Ii Station
Ii Station
is a JR West railway station located in Hagi City Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...

 in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, in the center of the prefecture. The largest city, however, is Shimonoseki.- History :...

. Tsu Station
Tsu Station
is the central railway station of the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The name of the station is considered the shortest in Japan because it is the only station name that is written with one kana, even though other stations have shorter names when written in Latin letters, such as Oe Station.-...

 of Mie Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan which is part of the Kansai regions on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Tsu.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, Mie prefecture was known as Ise Province and Iga Province....

 has a shorter name in Japanese (it is the only station name written with one kana
Kana
Kana are the syllabic Japanese scripts, as opposed to the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji and the Roman alphabet known as rōmaji...

), but this is not so when romanized.

Layout

Oe Station has one island platform
Island platform
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 with a total of two tracks. The station building is located above ground. It is an unmanned station with a ticket machine
Ticket machine
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.

Station environs

To the south of the station is the Ariake Sea
Ariake Sea
The is a body of salt water surrounded by Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, and Kumamoto Prefectures, all of which lie on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. It is the largest bay in Kyūshū. Its deepest point is only about 50 m deep, and extreme tides exceed 4 m. It is used for aquaculture, with nori...

. Route 207 runs along the coast.
  • Takaki Nishi Elementary School
  • Isahaya Senior High School, Takaki Branch
  • Shinkai Post Office

History

  • 1934-03-24 - Opening by the Japanese Government Railways
    Japanese Government Railways
    The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...

  • 1976-06-06 - The track from Tosu
    Tosu Station
    is a train station in Tosu city, Saga prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is the point where the Kagoshima Main Line and the Nagasaki Main Line intersect...

     to Nagasaki
    Nagasaki Station (Nagasaki)
    is a railway station in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company . It forms the terminus of the Nagasaki Main Line....

     is electrified
  • 1987-04-01 - Railways privatize and Oe Station is inherited by JR Kyushu

Adjacent stations

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