Tamatsukuri-Onsen Station | |
Native Name: | 玉造温泉駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 976 Tamayu-chō Yumachi, Matsue-shi, Shimane-ken 699-0202 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.4309°N 133.0118°W |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | San'in Main Line |
Distance: | 358.5km (222.8miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Connections: | Bus stop |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Former: | Yumachi (until 1949) |
Passengers: | 202 daily (boarding only) |
Pass Year: | FY 2020 |
Map Type: | Japan Shimane Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Tamatsukuri-Onsen Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Tamatsukuri-Onsen Station is served by the JR West San'in Main Line, and is located 358.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of one island platforms connected to the station building by an underground passage. The inbound platform (toward Yonago) is actually adjacent to the station building, but the platform is located higher than the station building and can only be reached by the underground passage. The current station building is a one-story wooden structure built in 1935 and renovated in 1988 and in 2012. The station building is unattended.
Tamatsukuri-Onsen Station was opened as on 7 November 1909 when the line was extended from Matsue Station to Shinji Station on the Japan Government Railways. It was renamed on 11 May 1949. 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 202 passengers daily.[2]
The station is located in the center of the former Tamayu Town and close to the Matsue City Hall Tamayu Branch, the former Tamayu Town Hall. Tamatsukuri Onsen, the origin of the station's name, is located approximately 2 kilometers south of this station.