Yukaba Station | |
Native Name: | 行波駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Yukaba, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | Nishikigawa Railway |
Line: | Nishikigawa Seiryū Line |
Distance: | 11.2 km from |
Passengers: | 56 |
Pass Year: | FY2011 |
is a railway station on the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Nishikigawa Railway, a third-sector railway company.
The station is served by the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line and is located 11.2 km from the start of the line at .
Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 April 1971 as a temporary stop on the existing track of the then . With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR West which upgraded Yukaba to a full station. Control was then ceded to Nishikigawa Railway on 25 July 1987.
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 56 passengers daily.[1]