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Minami-Gōchi Station 南河内駅
Minami-Gōchi Station, May 2008
General information
Location	230, Sumi, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi （山口県岩国市角230） Japan
Coordinates	34°09′57″N 132°06′12″E / 34.165706°N 132.103407°E / 34.165706; 132.103407
Operated by	Nishikigawa Railway
Line(s)	Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Distance	8.6 km from Kawanishi
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1 November 1960 (1960-11-01)

Minami-Gōchi Station (南河内駅, Minami-Gōchi-eki) is a train station on the Seiryū Line in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan and is operated by Nishikigawa Railway.

Lines

The station is situated on the Seiryū Line and is 8.6 km from Kawanishi.

Adjacent stations

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 November 1960 as an intermediate station during the construction of the Gannichi Line (岩日線, Gannichi-sen) from Kawanishi to Kawayama. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station was passed to JR West which then ceded control to Nishikigawa Railway on 25 July 1987.

Passenger statistics

In 2011, the station was used by an average of 326 passengers daily.

References

1. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 298–299. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 176. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
3. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 284. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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