Iwakuni Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 346.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe. It is also the terminus of the 43.7 kilometer Gantoku Line to Tokuyama. Additionally, trains from the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line inter-run over the Gantoku Line and terminate at Iwakuni.
Station layout
The station consists of three platforms and six tracks, connected by an elevated station building. Platform 1 is a side platform facing the west exit, and Platform 0 is a notched platform on the Shimonoseki side of Platform 1. Platforms 3 and 4, and Platforms 6 and 7 each have island platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Iwakuni Station was opened on 25 September 1897 as a station on the San'yo Railway with the extension of the line from Hiroshima to Tokuyama. The San'yo Railway was nationalized in 1906 and the line renamed the San'yo Main Line in 1909. The station name was changed to Marifu Station (麻里布駅) on 2 February 1929, but reverted to its original name on 1 April 1942. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).[2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2022, the station was used by an average of 4689 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
The west side of the station is a commercial area, and the east side of the station is an urban and industrial area. Iwakuni Port is located to the north of the station, and Iwakuni Airfield (Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport) is located to the south of the station, both of which are about 2.5 km away from the station. Public facilities such as the Iwakuni City Hall are located about 1 kilometer away from the station.
^Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第6巻 広島東部・呉エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 6 east Hiroshima/Kure Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN978-4-06-295155-5.
^曽根, 悟 (23 August 2009). "「山口線・美祢線・宇部線・小野田線・岩徳線」". 『週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 国鉄・JR』 (in Japanese) (7 ed.). 朝日新聞出版. p. 27.
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