Masuda Station | |
Native Name: | 益田駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 105 Ekimae-chō, Masuda-shi, Shimane-ken 698-0024 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.6783°N 131.8389°W |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | San'in Main Line |
Distance: | 514.5km (319.7miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 4 |
Connections: | Bus stop |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Staffed |
Former: | Iwami-Masuda (until 1966) |
Passengers: | 15 |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Map Type: | Japan Shimane Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Masuda 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]
Masuda Station is served by the JR West San'in Main Line, and is located 514.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . It is also the northern terminus of the 93.8 kilometer Yamaguchi Line to .
The station consists of one side platform adjacent to the station building, which is connected to an island platform by a footbridge. There is a siding track without a platform on the outer side of the island platform. The station is staffed..
Masuda Station was opened as by the Japan Government Railways San'in Main Line when the Yamaguchi Line was extended extended from Tsuwano Station on 1 April 1923. The San'in Main Line connected on 26 December of the same year. The station was renamed on 1 October 1966. 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). Freight operations were discontinued on 1 April 2014.
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 309 passengers daily.[2]