Yonago Station | |
Native Name: | 米子駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 2 Yayoi-chō, Yonago-shi, Tottori-ken 683-0036 |
Country: | Japan |
Map Type: | Japan Tottori Prefecture#Japan |
Platforms: | 3 island platforms |
Tracks: | 6 |
Connections: | Bus terminal |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Passengers: | 3,699 daily |
Pass Year: | 2018 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Yonago Station is served by the San'in Main Line and is 323.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . Trains of the Hakubi Line normally continue past the nominal terminus of that line at Hōki-Daisen Station to terminate at Yonago, which is 159.1 kilometers from . The station is also the terminus of the 17.9 kilometer Sakai Line to .
The station consists of three ground level island platforms serving six tracks. Platform 1 faces the station building, and Platform 0, which is dedicated to the Sakai Line, is located in a cutout on the east side of Platform 1. Platforms 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 are connected by footbridge. In the past, there was a middle track without a platform between platform 1 and platform 2, which was used by freight trains, as well as for deadheaded trains bound for the Goto General Depot. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Yonago Station opened on November 1, 1902.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 3,699 passengers daily.[2]