Nishikichō Station

Nishikichō Station

錦町駅
Nishikichō Station; 錦町駅
	Nishikichō Station main entrance
Location	Nishiki-machi Hirose, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi; （山口県岩国市錦町広瀬）; Japan
Coordinates	34°15′53″N 131°57′46″E / 34.264762°N 131.962806°ECoordinates: 34°15′53″N 131°57′46″E / 34.264762°N 131.962806°E
Operated by	Nishikigawa Railway
Line(s)	Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Distance	32.7 km from Kawanishi
History
Opened	1 October 1963
Passengers
FY2011	203 daily

Nishikicho Station Platform

Nishikichō Station (錦町駅, Nishikichō-eki) is a railway station on the Nishikigawa 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 Nishikigawa Seiryū Line and is located 32.7 km from the start of the line at Kawanishi.^[1]

Adjacent stations[]

«		Service	»
Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Yanaze		-		Terminus

History[]

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 October 1963 as the western terminus of the then Gannichi Line (岩日線, Gannichi-sen) when the track was extended from 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 203 passengers daily.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). デ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.
^ 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.
^ 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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[terada-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). デ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.

[teishajo-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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