Itozaki Station | |
Native Name: | 糸崎駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 4-chōme-1 Itosaki, Mihara-shi, Hiroshima-ken 729-0324 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 230.9km (143.5miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 island platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Code: | JR-X19 / JR-G17 |
Accessible: | Yes |
Status: | Staffed |
Former: | Mihara (until 1894) |
Passengers: | 676 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Hiroshima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Itozaki Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mihara, Hiroshima 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)
Itozaki Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 230.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of two ground-level island platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed. There are many siding in the south of the station
Itozaki Station was opened as the terminus of the Sanyō Railway on 20 July 1892 as when the line was extended from Onomichi to this station.. It was renamed 10 June 1894 when the line was further extended to Hiroshima Station. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 676 passengers daily.[2]