Nagatoshi Station

Nagatoshi Station
Nagatoshi Station; 長門市駅
	Nagatoshi Station in July 2009
Location	Higashifukawa, Nagato-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 759-4101; Japan
Coordinates	34°22′31″N 131°11′06″E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	■ Sanin Main Line; ■ Mine Line;
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Website	www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0800701
History
Opened	3 November 1924
Previous names	Shōmyōichi (until 1962)
Passengers
FY2009	685 daily
Location
	Nagatoshi Station Location within Japan

Nagatoshi Station (長門市駅, Nagatoshi-eki) is a railway station in Nagato, Yamaguchi, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Nagatoshi Station is served by the Sanin Main Line including its branch to Senzaki and the Mine Line, which terminates at Nagatoshi. Thus the railways spread from Nagatoshi to four directions.

Station layout

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Sanin Main Line
(Senzaki)	Rapid	Hitomaru
Nagato-Misumi	Local	Kiwado
Sanin Main Line Senzaki Branch Line
Terminus	Local	Senzaki
Mine Line
Itamochi	Local	Terminus

History

The station opened on 3 November 1924, initially named Shōmyōichi Station (正明市駅).[1] It was renamed Nagatoshi on 1 November 1962.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[1]

Future plans

The turntable located next to the station was scheduled to be sold to the private railway operator Tobu Railway in 2016 and installed next to Shimo-Imaichi Station in Tochigi Prefecture for use by steam-hauled tourist trains.[2]

References

Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 316. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
蒸気機関車（ＳＬ）復活運転の車両・施設計画概要について [Details of rolling stock and facilities planned for steam locomotive operation] (pdf). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

External links

JR West station information (in Japanese)

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[teishajo1998-1] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 316. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[tobu20160421-2] 蒸気機関車（ＳＬ）復活運転の車両・施設計画概要について [Details of rolling stock and facilities planned for steam locomotive operation] (pdf). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.