Tsubaki Station | |
Native Name: | 椿駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Type: | JR-West commuter rail station |
Address: | 330-4, Tsubaki, Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken 649-2326 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) |
Distance: | 267.3km (166.1miles) from 87.1km (54.1miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Train Operators: | West Japan Railway Company |
Structure: | At grade |
Accessible: | None |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | [1] |
Former: | Kii-Tsubaki (1935 - 1965) |
Electrified: | 1978[2] |
Passengers: | 15 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Wakayama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Tsubaki Station |
Services Collapsible: | yes |
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Shirahama, Nishimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Tsubaki Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 267.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 87.1 kilometers from .
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge; however, one side of the island platform is not in use. The station is unattended.
|-!colspan=5|West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
The station opened on March 29, 1935 as, and was renamed to its present name on March 1, 1965. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 15 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
The station is located in an isolated rural area on the coast of Shirahama, surrounded by forest, and is a considerable distance from the Tsubaki neighborhood and Tsubaki onsen areas.