Yū Station | |
Native Name: | 由宇駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 1-1 Yūmachimachiminami, Iwakuni-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 740-1451 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 361.6km (224.7miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Accessible: | Yes |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 657 |
Pass Year: | FY2022 |
Map Type: | Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Yū Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Yū Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 361.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Yū Station was opened on 25 September 1897 as a station on the San'yo Railway when the line was extended from Hiroshima to Tokuyama. The line was nationized in 1906 and renamed the San'yo Main Line in 1909. 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 2022, the station was used by an average of 657 passengers daily.[2]