Inō Station | |
Native Name: | 居能駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 2-12-13 Ino-cho, Ube-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 755-0057 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 28.9km (18miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 168 |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Map Type: | Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ube-Shinkawa Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] [2]
Inō Station is served by the JR West Ube Line, and is located 28.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . It is also the official terminus of the 11.6 kilometer Onoda Line continue past for another 1.8 kilometers to terminate at Ube-Shinkawa.
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform; however, only one side of the island platform is in use, giving the station a two opposed side platform layout. The station building is located east of the platforms and is connected via a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Inō Station was opened on16 May 1929 as a temporary stop and elevated to a full passenger station on 6 November 1938. The line was nationalized in 1943, becoming the Ube Higashi Line, and renamed Ube Line on 1 February 1948. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 168 passengers daily.[3]