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Railway station in Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miyoshi Station (三次駅, Miyoshi-eki) is a junction railway station located in the city of Miyoshi, Hiroshima, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). [1] Along with Niimi and Tsuyama Stations, Miyoshi is one of the major central region stations in the Chūgoku region of Japan.
Miyoshi Station 三次駅 | |||||||
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![]() Miyoshi Station in March 2016 | |||||||
General information | |||||||
Location | 1-1-1 Tōkaichi Minami, Miyoshi-shi, Hiroshima-ken 728-0014 Japan | ||||||
Coordinates | 34°48′10″N 132°51′21″E | ||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||
Line(s) | |||||||
Distance | 90.3 km (56.1 mi) from Bitchū-Kōjiro | ||||||
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | ||||||
Connections | Bus terminal | ||||||
Other information | |||||||
Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi" ) | ||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||
History | |||||||
Opened | 1 June 1933 | ||||||
Previous names | Tōkaichi (to 1933) Bingo Tōkaichi (until 1954) | ||||||
Passengers | |||||||
FY2019 | 433 daily | ||||||
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Miyoshi Station is served by the JR West Geibi Line, and is located 90.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Bitchū-Kōjiro and 96.7 kilometers from Niimi. It is also the terminus for the Fukuen Line to Fukuyama. [2] It was also the terminal station for the Sankō Line before the line ceased operation on 31 March 2018.
Miyoshi Station is a reinforced concrete two-story building. It features two platforms which handle four lines: one side platform next to the station building and an island platform accessible via an enclosed footbridge above the tracks. The station building houses a small convenience store as well as automatic ticket vending machines and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. There is a large waiting area inside the station building, as well as enclosed and unenclosed waiting areas on the platforms. There is a siding track without a platform between Platform 1 and Platform 2, and there are many train sidings on the south side of Platform 3. In the past, there was a notched platform on the Hiroshima side of the side platform that served as Platform 0 for trains on the Sanko Line.
1 | ■ P Geibi Line | for Hiroshima |
■ P Geibi Line | for Bingo-Ochiai | |
3 | ■ Z Fukuen Line | for Fuchū |
« | Service | » | ||
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Geibi Line | ||||
Terminus | Rapid Miyoshi Liner | Kōtachi | ||
Yatsugi | Local | Nishi Miyoshi | ||
Fukuen Line | ||||
Yatsugi | Local | Terminus |
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 turntable located next to the station was sold to the private railway operator Tobu Railway in 2016, and installed next to Kinugawa-Onsen Station in Tochigi Prefecture for use by steam-hauled tourist trains.[4]
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]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 433 passengers daily.[9]
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