is a railway station on the

Nishikigawa Seiryū Line The is a Japanese railway line connecting Kawanishi Station (Yamaguchi), Kawanishi and Nishikichō Station, Nishikichō stations, all within Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. As the name suggests, the line parallels the Nishiki River. This is the only railway ...

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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). ...

, Japan. It is operated by the Nishikigawa Railway, a third-sector railway company.

Lines

The station is served by the

and is located 32.7 km from the start of the line at .

Adjacent stations

History

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR) opened the station on 1 October 1963 as the western terminus of the then when the track was extended from . With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR West which then ceded control to Nishikigawa Railway on 25 July 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 203 passengers daily.

References

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1963 Railway stations in Yamaguchi Prefecture {{Yamaguchi-railstation-stub