Station

Sasebo-Chuou

佐世保中央

Sasebo-Chuou
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Train service

Weekday departures: 61/day · Sat & holiday departures: 61/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:38 / 22:18

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (6)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Sasebo-Chūō Station opened on 10 March 1990 on the third-sector Matsuura Railway's Nishi-Kyūshū Line in central Sasebo, Nagasaki. The elevated single-platform stop sits adjacent to the Yonkachō shopping arcade and Sasebo Kyosai Hospital, to which a covered pedestrian passageway connects directly from the platform area. Until 2022 a second walkway linked the station to a now-closed AEON store. Lift access was opened on 12 March 2011 after construction begun in late December 2010. In May 2015 the station gained the nickname "Saruku City 4-3 Arcade Station", referring to Japan's longest contiguous shopping arcade that extends from the station.

Notes

The station's official nickname references Japan's longest contiguous shopping arcade, which begins just outside its exit.

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