Kotoshiba Station
Railway station in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
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| Preceding station |  JR West | Following station | ||
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| Higashi-Shinkawa towards Shin-Yamaguchi | Ube Line Local | Ube-Shinkawa towards Ube | ||
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Kotoshiba Station (琴芝駅, Kotoshiba-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
Kotoshiba Station is served by the JR West Ube Line, and is located 26.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shin-Yamaguchi.
Station layout
The station consists of one ground-level unnumbered side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.
History
Kiwa Station was opened on 29 November 1929. 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). The wooden station building was demolished in 2020 and replaced by a small prefabricated waiting room.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 614 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
- Ube City Hall
- Yamaguchi Prefecture Ube General Government Building
- Yamaguchi District Court Ube Branch
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.
- ^ Yamaguchi Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
External links
Media related to Kotoshiba 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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