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Nishikichō Station 錦町駅
Nishikichō Station main entrance
General information
Location	Nishiki-machi Hirose, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi （山口県岩国市錦町広瀬） Japan
Coordinates	34°15′53″N 131°57′46″E / 34.264762°N 131.962806°E / 34.264762; 131.962806
Operated by	Nishikigawa Railway
Line(s)	Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Distance	32.7 km from Kawanishi
History
Opened	1 October 1963 (1963-10-01)
Passengers
FY2011	203 daily

Nishikichō Station (錦町駅, Nishikichō-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 32.7 km from the start of the line at Kawanishi.

Adjacent stations

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 October 1963 as the western terminus of the then Gannichi Line (岩日線, Gannichi-sen) when the track was extended from 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 203 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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