Nagatoshi Station

Nagatoshi Station
長門市駅

Nagatoshi Station in July 2009
Location Higashifukawa, Nagato-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 759-4101
Japan
Coordinates 34°22′31″N 131°11′06″E / 34.3752497°N 131.1850405°E / 34.3752497; 131.1850405Coordinates: 34°22′31″N 131°11′06″E / 34.3752497°N 131.1850405°E / 34.3752497; 131.1850405
Operated by JR West
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Other information
Website www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0800701
History
Opened 3 November 1924
Previous names Shōmyōichi (until 1962)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2009) 685 daily
Location
Nagatoshi Station
Location within Japan

Nagatoshi Station (長門市駅 Nagatoshi-eki) is a railway station in Nagato, Yamaguchi, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Nagatoshi Station is served by the Sanin Main Line including its branch to Senzaki and the Mine Line, which terminates at Nagatoshi. Thus the railways spread from Nagatoshi to four directions.

Station layout

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sanin Main Line
(Senzaki)   Rapid   Hitomaru
Nagato-Misumi   Local   Kiwado
Sanin Main Line Senzaki Branch Line
Terminus   Local   Senzaki
Mine Line
Itamochi   Local   Terminus

History

The station opened on 3 November 1924, initially named Shōmyōichi Station (正明市駅).[1] It was renamed Nagatoshi on 1 November 1962.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[1]

Future plans

The turntable located next to the station is scheduled to be sold to the private railway operator Tobu Railway in 2016 and installed next to Shimo-Imaichi Station in Tochigi Prefecture for use by steam-hauled tourist trains.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] II. Japan: JTB. p. 316. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. 蒸気機関車(SL)復活運転の車両・施設計画概要について [Details of rolling stock and facilities planned for steam locomotive operation] (pdf). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

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