Seiryū-Shin-Iwakuni Station | |
Native Name: | 清流新岩国駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 1 Mishō, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | Nishikigawa Railway |
Line: | Nishikigawa Seiryū Line |
Distance: | 3.9 km from |
Former: | Mishō (until 2013) |
Passengers: | 77 |
Pass Year: | FY2011 |
is a railway station in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Nishikigawa Railway, a third-sector railway company.
Seiryū-Shin-Iwakuni Station is served by the Nishikigawa Railway Nishikigawa Seiryū Line and is located 3.9 km from the start of the line at . It is linked by a walkway to Shin-Iwakuni Station on the Sanyo Shinkansen approximately 300 m from this station.
Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station with the name on 1 November 1960 as an intermediate station during the construction of the then from to . With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR West which then ceded control to Nishikigawa Railway on 25 July 1987. On 16 March 2013, it was renamed Seiryū-Shin-Iwakuni Station to emphasize the connection with the nearby shinkansen station.[1]
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 77 passengers daily.[2]