Yonago Airport Station

Yonago Airport Station 米子空港駅
Yonago Airport Station, June 2010
Location	744, Sainokami-chō, Sakaiminato, Tottori （鳥取県境港市佐斐神町744） Japan
Coordinates	35°30′07″N 133°14′52″E / 35.502009°N 133.247815°ECoordinates: 35°30′07″N 133°14′52″E / 35.502009°N 133.247815°E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Sakai Line
Connections	Bus stop Miho-Yonago Airport
History
Opened	1902
Previous names	Ōshinozu (until 2008)
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	4 daily

Yonago Airport Station in 2008, before completion of the station building

Yonago Airport Station (米子空港駅 Yonago Kūkō-eki) is a train station in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, Japan.

Passengers can walk from this station to the Yonago Airport terminal.

Lines

• West Japan Railway Company
  • Sakai Line

Layout

The station has one platform serving one track for trains of both directions.

History

The station opened on November 1, 1902, as Ōshinozu Station (大篠津駅).^[1] The station was moved to the present location and renamed Yonago Airport Station on June 15, 2008, when the line was rerouted for the expansion of Yonago Airport.^[2]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sakai Line
Yumigahama		Rapid	Nakahama
Ōshinozuchō		Local	Nakahama

References

1. 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) II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 328. ISBN 4533029809.
2. "境線 大篠津駅、御崎口駅の駅名改称について (Renaming of Ōshinozu Station and Misakiguchi Station on the Sakai Line)", JR West press release, April 15, 2008 (Japanese), retrieved on April 13, 2009