is a passenger

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located in the city of

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Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

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. It is operated by the

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West).

Lines

Yuki Station is served by the

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, and is located 75.3 kilometers from the

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of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level opposed

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serving a single bi-directional track. It was constructed as an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

, but the track on one side has been removed. There is no station building and the station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History

Yuki Station was opened on December 12, 1937 when the extension between

Yagawa Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Yagawa Station is served by the Nambu Line from to . It is 33.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu ...

and

Bingo-Ochiai Station is a JR West Geibi and Kisuki Line station in Hattori, Saijō-chō, Shōbara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. History *1935-12-20: Opens as the terminus of the Shōbara Line between Bingo-Saijō and Bingo-Ochiai *1936-10-10: Upon completion of ...

on the Kisuki Line was completed. It became part of

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on April1, 1987 when

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was privatized.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2 passengers daily.Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

Surrounding area

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References

External links

Yuki Station from JR-Odekake.net
Stations of West Japan Railway Company Kisuki Line Railway stations in Hiroshima Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1937 Shōbara, Hiroshima {{Hiroshima-railstation-stub