Miyoshi Station platform 1 from stairs to platforms 3-4

is a junction

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located in the city of

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, Japan. It is operated by

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(JR West). Along with

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and

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s, Miyoshi is one of the major central region stations in the

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of Japan.

Lines

Miyoshi Station is served by the JR West

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, and is located 90.3 kilometers from the

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of the line at and 96.7 kilometers from . It is also the terminus for the

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to . It was also the terminal station for the

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before the line ceased operation on 31 March 2018.

Station layout

Miyoshi Station is a

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two-story building. It features two platforms which handle four lines: one

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next to the station building and an

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accessible via an enclosed footbridge above the tracks. The station building houses a small

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as well as automatic ticket vending machines and a "

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" staffed ticket office. There is a large waiting area inside the station building, as well as enclosed and unenclosed waiting areas on the platforms. There is a siding track without a platform between Platform 1 and Platform 2, and there are many train sidings on the south side of Platform 3. In the past, there was a notched platform on the Hiroshima side of the side platform that served as Platform 0 for trains on the Sanko Line.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 1 June 1933, initially named . On 10 December 1954, the station was renamed Miyoshi. With the privatization of

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(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. The

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located next to the station was sold to the

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operator

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in 2016, and installed next to Kinugawa-Onsen Station in

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for use by steam-hauled tourist trains. The station was a terminal station of the

. On 16 October 2015, JR West announced that it was considering closing the Sankō Line due to poor patronage. On 29 September 2016, JR West announced that the entire rail line would close on 31 March 2018. The line then closed on March 31, 2018, with an event hosted by JR West and will be replaced by a bus service.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 433 passengers daily.Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

Surrounding area

* Miyoshi Post Office * Miyoshi CC Plaza shopping center * Sungreen shopping center * Miyoshi Municipal Tōkaichi Junior High School * Miyoshi Municipal Tōkaichi Elementary School *

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* Gōno River *

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Miyoshi Interchange * *

References

External links

JR West station information
{{Sankō Line Railway stations in Hiroshima Prefecture Fukuen Line Geibi Line Sankō Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1933 Miyoshi, Hiroshima