Miyoshi Station (Hiroshima)
Miyoshi Station 三次駅 | |||||||
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JR West | |||||||
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| Distance | 90.3 km (56.1 mi) from Midori no Madoguchi" ) | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
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| Opened | 1 June 1933 | ||||||
| Previous names | Tōkaichi (to 1933) Bingo Tōkaichi (until 1954) | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| FY2019 | 433 daily | ||||||
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Miyoshi Station (三次駅, Miyoshi-eki) is a junction
Lines
Miyoshi Station is served by the JR West
Station layout
Miyoshi Station is a
Platforms
| 1 | ■ P Geibi Line | for Hiroshima |
| ■ P Geibi Line | for Bingo-Ochiai | |
| 3 | ■ Z Fukuen Line | for Fuchū |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geibi Line | ||||
| Terminus | Rapid Miyoshi Liner | Kōtachi | ||
| Yatsugi | Local | Nishi Miyoshi
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| Fukuen Line | ||||
| Yatsugi | Local | Terminus | ||
History
The station opened on 1 June 1933, initially named Bingo Tōkaichi Station (備後十日市駅).[3] On 10 December 1954, the station was renamed Miyoshi.[3] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[3]
The
The station was a terminal station of the Sankō Line. On 16 October 2015, JR West announced that it was considering closing the Sankō Line due to poor patronage.[5] On 29 September 2016, JR West announced that the entire rail line would close on 31 March 2018.[6] The line then closed on March 31, 2018, with an event hosted by JR West[7] and will be replaced by a bus service.[8]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 433 passengers daily.[9]
Surrounding area
- Miyoshi Post Office
- Miyoshi CC Plaza shopping center
- Sungreen shopping center
- Miyoshi Municipal Tōkaichi Junior High School
- Miyoshi Municipal Tōkaichi Elementary School
- Basen River
- Gōno River
- Chūgoku Expressway Miyoshi Interchange
National Route 183
National Route 375
See also
References
- ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.
- ^ ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 蒸気機関車（ＳＬ）復活運転の車両・施設計画概要について [Details of rolling stock and facilities planned for steam locomotive operation] (pdf). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ ＪＲ西：三江線、廃止も検討…人口減、利用低迷で [JR West considering closure of Sanko Line - declining population and poor patronage]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ 三江線１８年３月末で廃線 [Sanko Line to close at end of March 2018]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 29 September 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Railway fans bid JR Sanko Line in western Japan farewell as red ink forces closure". Mainichi Daily News. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ ＪＲ三江線廃止 代替バス運行開始 Retrieved 2 April 2018 (in Japanese)
- ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020
External links
- JR West station information (in Japanese)