Iwakura Station 岩倉駅 | |||||||||||
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Location | 714 Ajisu, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 754-1277 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°1′24.35″N 131°21′35.92″E / 34.0234306°N 131.3599778°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Ube Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 8.8 km (5.5 mi) from Shin-Yamaguchi | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 15 August 1953 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2020 | 18 | ||||||||||
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Iwakura Station (岩倉駅, Iwakura-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Iwakura Station is served by the JR West Ube Line, and is located 8.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shin-Yamaguchi.
The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a small shelter on the platform, and the station is unattended.
Iwakura Station was opened on 26 March 1925 as a temporary stop when the Ube Railway was extended from Ogōri Station (present-day Shin-Yamaguchi) to Hon-Ajisu Station (present-day Ajisu Station). The line was nationalized in 1943, becoming the Ube Higashi Line, and was renamed the Ube Line on 1 February 1948. the stop was moved 100 meters and officially elevated in status to a full passenger station on 15 August 1953. 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).
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 18 passengers daily.[2]