Kawayama Station

Kawayama Station

河山駅
Kawayama Station; 河山駅
General information
Location	Mikawa-machi Shimegami, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi; （山口県岩国市美川町四馬神）; Japan
Coordinates	34°14′10″N 131°59′03″E / 34.236105°N 131.984079°E
Operated by	Nishikigawa Railway
Line(s)	Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Distance	27.9 km from Kawanishi
Connections	Bus stop;
History
Opened	1 November 1960
Passengers
FY2011	242 daily

Kawayama Station (河山駅, Kawayama-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 27.9 km from the start of the line at Kawanishi.^[1]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Nekasa		-		Yanaze

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 November 1960 as the terminus of the then Gannichi Line (岩日線, Gannichi-sen) from Kawanishi. It became a through-station on 1 October 1963 when the line was extended to Nishikichō. 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 242 passengers daily.^[1]

References

^ ^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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 176. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 285. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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[terada-1] 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 176. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 285. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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