Mukuno Station

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Mukuno Station

椋野駅
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Mukuno Station
LocationMikawa-machi Naguwa, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
（山口県岩国市美川町南桑）
Japan
Coordinates34°11′37″N 132°02′01″E / 34.193565°N 132.033501°E / 34.193565; 132.033501Coordinates: 34°11′37″N 132°02′01″E / 34.193565°N 132.033501°E / 34.193565; 132.033501
Operated byNishikigawa Railway
Line(s)Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened1 November 1960 (1960-11-01)
Passengers
FY2011180 daily

Mukuno Station (椋野駅, Mukuno-eki) is a railway station on the Seiryū Line in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Nishikigawa Railway, a third-sector railway company.

Lines[]

The station is served by the Seiryū Line and is located 17.7 km from the start of the line at Kawanishi.[1]

Adjacent stations[]

« Service »
Nishikigawa Railway
Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Kita-Gōchi   -   Naguwa

History[]

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 November 1960 as an intermediate station during the construction of the then Gannichi Line (岩日線, Gannichi-sen) from Kawanishi to Kawayama. 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.[2][3]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 11 passengers daily.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). ��ータブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 298–299. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 176. ISBN 4533029809.
  3. ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 285. ISBN 4533029809.


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