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Railway station in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shimata Station (島田駅, Shimata-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] The station is located in the rural northern part of the Shimata area in Hikari, on the north side of the city's territory.
Shimata Station 島田駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Shimata Station in April 2006 | |||||||||||
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Location | 4-chōme-8 Kamishimata, Hikari-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 743-0065 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°59′25.4″N 131°57′39.4″E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | San'yō Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 395.9 km (246.0 mi) from Kobe | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Opened | 25 September 1897 | ||||||||||
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FY2020 | 429 | ||||||||||
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Shimata Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 395.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe.
The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. In between the two tracks there is a third track which connects to the other two, but is currently unused. The station is unattended.
1 | ■ San'yō Line | for Tokuyama and Hōfu |
2 | ■ San'yō Line | for Yanai and Iwakuni |
Shimata Station was opened on 25 September 1897 as a station on the San'yo Railway with the opening of the extension from Hiroshima to Tokuyama. The San'yo Railway was railway nationalized in 1906 and the line renamed the San'yo Main Line in 1909.. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 429 passengers daily.[2]
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