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located in the Hōhoku area of

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Station layout

The station consists of an

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serving two tracks, enabling passengers to change trains. Though managed by the Nagato Railroad Bureau, there are no station staff members nor an automated ticket facility. The platform is halfway up a mountainside cliff, which is accessible via a stairway in a tunnel from the

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. There was a waiting room on the platform, though it was destroyed in a fire in 2000. The construction of the

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was the final link in connecting the trainlines in the area during the Taishō period. At the time, the plan was to have the entire line along the

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's coastline, but in line with the wishes of the region's residents as well as to keep the project in budget, Takibe Station and Kottoi Station were located inland. Owing to this layout, the tracks leading to Nagato-Futami Station include curves of nearly 90 degrees.

History

* 16 August 1925 - The extension of the Japanese National Rail Kogushi Line, as it was then known, from Kogushi Station to Takibe Station is completed. Nagato-Futama Station begins servicing customer as well as freight trains. * 24 February 1933 - The Kogushi Line is incorporated into the

. * 1 August 1961 - Freight train service cancelled. * 1 April 1987 - Under the privatisation of Japan's railways, Takibe Station becomes part of the West Japan Railway Company. * 7 August 2010 - A fire burns down the platform waiting room.

Platforms

※The platforms are not numbered at this station.

Lines

The following lines pass through or terminate at Nagato-Awano Station: *

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Local area

There are a few small shops around the station. Between Nagato-Futami Station and Kogushi Station it is possible to have a clear view of the

along the coastline. * Futami Post Office * Futami Fishing Harbour * Futami Elementary School * Meoto Iwa * Tokiwaya (makers of Futami

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) * Kōrin Temple *

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Bus line

*Blue Line Bus Service

User statistics

Below are the average number of people who alight at Nagato-Futami Station per day. * 1999 - 117 * 2000 - 114 * 2001 - 78 * 2002 - 68 * 2003 - 77 * 2004 - 69 * 2005 - 72 * 2006 - 72 * 2007 - 71 * 2008 - 63 * 2009 - 56 * 2010 - 51

References

External links

JR West station information
{{Sanin Main Line (Nagato area) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1925 Railway stations in Yamaguchi Prefecture Sanin Main Line Stations of West Japan Railway Company