Mukuno Station

Mukuno Station

椋野駅
Mukuno Station; 椋野駅
	Mukuno Station
General information
Location	Mikawa-machi Naguwa, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi; （山口県岩国市美川町南桑）; Japan
Coordinates	34°11′37″N 132°02′01″E / 34.193565°N 132.033501°E
Operator	Nishikigawa Railway
Line	Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Connections	Bus stop;
History
Opened	1 November 1960
Passengers
FY2011	180 daily
Location
Location

Mukuno Station (椋野駅, Mukuno-eki) is a railway station on the 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 Seiryū Line and is located 17.7 km from the start of the line at Kawanishi.

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Nishikigawa Railway
Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Kita-Gōchi	-	Naguwa

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 November 1960 as an intermediate station during the construction of the then Gannichi Line (岩日線, Gannichi-sen) from Kawanishi to Kawayama. 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 11 passengers daily.

References

1 2 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] 1 2 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.