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Naguwa Station 南桑駅
Naguwa Station
General information
Location	Mikawa-machi Naguwa Aza Naguwa, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi （山口県岩国市美川町南桑字南桑） Japan
Coordinates	34°12′34″N 132°01′16″E / 34.209362°N 132.021015°E / 34.209362; 132.021015
Operated by	Nishikigawa Railway
Line(s)	Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Distance	20.8 km from Kawanishi
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1 November 1960 (1960-11-01)
Passengers
FY2011	95 daily

Naguwa Station (南桑駅, Naguwa-eki) 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.

Lines

The station is served by the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line and is located 20.8 km from the start of the line at Kawanishi.

Adjacent stations

History

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

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 95 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. 285. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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