is a passenger

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located in the city of

San'yō-Onoda is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2022, the city has an estimated population of 58,978 and a population density of 470 persons per km2. The total area is 132.99 km2. The modern city of San'yō-Onoda was establish ...

Yamaguchi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 Square kilometre, km2 (2,359 Square mile, sq mi). Y ...

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. It is operated by the

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(JR West).

Lines

Onoda Station is served by the JR West

San'yō Main Line The is a major railway line owned by JR Group companies in western Japan, connecting Kōbe Station and Moji Station, largely paralleling the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, Inland Sea, in other words, the southern coast of western Honshu. The Sa ...

, and is located 488.0 kilometers from the

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of the line at . It is also the terminus of the 11.6 kilometer

Onoda Line The is a railway line in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line connects Ube-Shinkawa Station in Ube and Onoda Station in San'yō-Onoda. The branch from Suzemeda to Motoyama is part of this l ...

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level

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s connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Onoda Station was opened on 3 December 1900 on the

San'yō Railway The was established in 1887 and served as a major railroad company during the Meiji period in Japan. The railroad was headquartered in Kobe, and Nakamigawa Hikojirō served as head of the railroad. Rail lines The first rail line opened in 1888 ...

when the line was extended from Mitajiri Station (present-day

Hōfu Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hōfu, Yamaguchi, Hōfu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Hōfu Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is loc ...

) . The San'yō Railway was railway nationalized in 1906 and the line renamed the San'yō Main Line in 1909. With the privatization of the

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(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 1123 passengers daily. Yamaguchi Prefecture Statistical Yearbook

Surrounding area

*Sanyo Onoda City Hall *Yamaguchi Prefectural Onoda High School *Sanyo Onoda Municipal Takachiho Junior High School *Sanyo Onoda Municipal Takachiho Elementary School

References

External links

JR West Station Official Site
Railway stations in Yamaguchi Prefecture Sanyō Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1900 San'yō-Onoda {{Yamaguchi-railstation-stub