Iwami-Yokota Station | |
Native Name: | 石見横田駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | Kanda-cho, Masuda-shi, Shimane-ken 699-5133 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 84.7km (52.6miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 12 |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Map Type: | Japan Shimane Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Iwami-Yokota Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Iwami-Yokota Station is served by the JR West Yamaguchi Line, and is located 84.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of two opposed unnumbered side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Iwami-Yokota Station was opened on the Japan Government Railways Yamaguchi Line when the line was extended extended from Tsuwano Station to Masuda Station on 1 April 1923. Freight operations were discontinued on 1 December 1981. 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 12 passengers daily.[2]