Tokonami Station
Railway station in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
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| Maruo towards Shin-Yamaguchi | Ube Line Local | Tokiwa towards Ube | ||
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Tokonami Station (床波駅, Tokonami-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] [2]
Lines
Tokonami Station is served by the JR West Ube Line, and is located 18.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shin-Yamaguchi.
Station layout
The station consists of two ground-level unnumbered side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Platforms
| station side | ■ Ube Line | for Ube-Shinkawa and Inō |
| opposite side | ■ Ube Line | for Shin-Yamaguchi |
History
Tokonami was opened on 1 August 1923 when the Ube Railway was extended from Hon-Ajisu Station (present-day Ajisu Station) to Tokonami. The line was nationalized in 1943, becoming the Ube Higashi Line, and was renamed the Ube Line on 1 February 1948. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).[3]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 300 passengers daily.[4]
Surrounding area
- Ube City Nishikiwa Elementary School
- Ube City Nishikiwa Junior High School
- Shiratsuchi Beach
- Tokonami Fishing Port
See also
References
- ^ 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. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ^ Sone, Satoru (23 August 2009). "Yamaguchi Line, Mine Line, Ube Line, Onoda Line, Gantoku Line". Weekly Historical Railway All Routes JNR/JR (in Japanese). 7 (7). Kodansha: 23.
- ^ "令和３年度市政懇談会 会議録（要旨）" (PDF). city.ube.yamaguchi.jp (in Japanese).
- ^ Yamaguchi Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
External links
Media related to Tokonami Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR West Station Official Site
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Stations of the West Japan Railway Company Ube Line
- Shin-Yamaguchi
- Kami-Kagawa
- Fukamizo
- Suō-Sayama
- Iwakura
- Ajisu
- Kiwa
- Maruo
- Tokonami
- Tokiwa
- Kusae
- Ubemisaki
- Higashi-Shinkawa
- Kotoshiba
- Ube-Shinkawa
- Inō
- Iwahana
- Ube
- Freight Branch Line (Old Onoda Line, Abandoned in 2006)
- Inō
- Ubekō
- Freight Branch Line (Old Onoda Branch Line, Abandoned in 1961)
- Ubekō
- Okinoyamashinkō
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