Kotoshiba Station
Kotoshiba Station 琴芝駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Kotoshiba Station in 2020 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 2-chōme-6 Kotoshibachō, Ube-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 755-0033 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°57′10.83″N 131°15′6.77″E / 33.9530083°N 131.2518806°E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | Ube Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 26.0 km (16.2 mi) from Shin-Yamaguchi | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 29 November 1929 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2020 | 614 | ||||||||||
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Kotoshiba Station (琴芝駅, Kotoshiba-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] [2]
Lines
[edit]Kotoshiba Station is served by the JR West Ube Line, and is located 26.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shin-Yamaguchi.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one ground-level unnumbered side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.
History
[edit]Kiwa Station was opened on 29 November 1929. The line was nationalized in 1943, becoming the Ube Higashi Line, and was renamed the Ube Line on 1 February 1948. 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). The wooden station building was demolished in 2020 and replaced by a small prefabricated waiting room.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 614 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Ube City Hall
- Yamaguchi Prefecture Ube General Government Building
- Yamaguchi District Court Ube Branch
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第6巻 広島東部・呉エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 6 east Hiroshima/Kure Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ^ Sone, Satoru (23 August 2009). "Yamaguchi Line, Mine Line, Ube Line, Onoda Line, Gantoku Line". Weekly Historical Railway All Routes JNR/JR (in Japanese). 7 (7). Kodansha: 23.
- ^ Yamaguchi Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
External links
[edit] Media related to Kotoshiba Station at Wikimedia Commons