Sufu Station | |
Native Name: | 周布駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 49, Chiwa-chō, Hamada-shi, Shimane-ken 697-1326 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.8583°N 132.0175°W |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | San'in Main Line |
Distance: | 482.8km (300miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Connections: | Bus stop |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 68 |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Map Type: | Japan Shimane Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Sufu Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Sufu Station is served by the JR West San'in Main Line, and is located 482.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . Only local trains stop at this station.
The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended. The former station office is now used as the office of a social welfare corporation.
Sufu Station was opened on 10 March 1922 when the San'in Main Line was extended from Hamada Station. The line was further extended to Miho-Misumi on 1 September of the same year. Freight operations were discontinued on 1 October 1974. 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 68 passengers daily.[2]