is a passenger

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located in the city of Iyo,

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, Japan. It is operated by

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and has the station number "U05". The station is located near

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on the

Gunchū Line The is a 11.3 km railway line owned by Iyotetsu. The line connects Matsuyama with Iyo, Ehime, Iyo in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The line runs southwards from Matsuyama City Station, terminating at Gunchū Port Station. The line used to be owned ...

, owned by

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Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku

Yosan Line The is the principal railway line on the island of Shikoku in Japan, connecting the major cities of Shikoku, and via the Honshi-Bisan Line, with Honshu. It is operated by the Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), and is aligned approximately p ...

and is located 206.0 km from the beginning of the line at . Eastbound local trains terminate at . Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama on the line. The '' Uwakai'' limited express train, which runs between and , stops at this station.

Layout

Iyoshi Station is an above-ground station with a station building adjacent to a single

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, and connected to an

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by a footbridge. Platforms are numbered in order from the station building. Platform 1 has a straight through-line structure (there is no speed limit, but it is immediately to the west). Since there is a curve of R300 at the station, outbound trains are slowed down, but there are currently no regular trains passing through this station). Normally, both inbound and outbound trains arrive and depart from Platform 1, and only exchange trains and return trains use Platforms 2 and 3. This station is formally the boundary between non-electrified and electrified sections of the Yosan Line (most trains coming from the direction of Iyo-Hojo terminate at Matsuyama Station), and the west side of this station (towards and ) is non-electrified. The station building is large and tile-covered.The front portion has been refurbished and has ticket counters and automatic ticket vending machines.

History

The station was opened on 27 February 1930 as along with the extension of the Sanyo Line from . About a month later, the line was renamed to the Yosan Line .At that time, the station was operated by

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(JGR), later becoming

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(JNR). The station was renamed to its present name on 1 April 1957. A major change in this station was the opening of a new line from Mukaihara Station to Uchiko Station in March 1986.With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.

Surrounding area

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, which passes in front of the station. *

* Iyo City Hall *Iyo Municipal Gunchu Elementary School * Iyo Municipal Konan Junior High School

References

External links

Station timetable
{{Yosan Line Railway stations in Ehime Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Iyo, Ehime