Nekasa Station
Nekasa Station (根笠駅, Nekasa-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.
Nekasa Station 根笠駅 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Mikawa-machi Nekasa, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi （山口県岩国市美川町根笠） Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°12′38″N 131°59′55″E |
| Operated by | Nishikigawa Railway |
| Line(s) | Nishikigawa Seiryū Line |
| Distance | 23.5 km from Kawanishi |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1 November 1960 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2011 | 36 daily |
Lines
The station is served by the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line and is located 23.5 km from the start of the line at Kawanishi.[1]
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.[2][3]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 36 passengers daily.[1]
References
- 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.