Hōki-Daisen Station | |
Native Name: | 伯耆大山駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 237-4 Kakaya, Yonago-shi, Tottori-ken 689-3543 |
Coordinates: | 35.4295°N 133.3834°W |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR Freight |
Line: | |
Distance: | 318.2km (197.7miles) from 138.4km (86miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Former: | Kumano (to 1911); Daisen (to 1917) |
Passengers: | 1,472 daily |
Pass Year: | 2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Tottori Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Hōki-Daisen Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Hōki-Daisen Station is served by the San'in Main Line and is 318.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . It is also the northern terminus of the Hakubi Line, and is located 138.4 kilometers from the opposing terminus at and 154.3 kilometers from . All trains on the Hakubi Line continue past this station to Yonago Station via the San'in Main Line tracks. Some limited express 'Yakumo' trains on the Hakubi Line and some limited express 'Super Matsukaze' trains on the San'in Main Line stop here (only inbound trains in the morning and outbound trains in the evening). Other limited express trains pass. All Rapid Tottori Liners stop here.
The station consists of one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform. The station buildings adjacent to the side platform and connected with the island platform by a footbridge. The station building is staffed.
Hōki-Daisen Station opened on December 1, 1902 as . It was renamed on October 10, 1911 and to its present name on May 1, 1917. The current station building was completed in 1981. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1500 passengers daily.[2]