Seiryū-Shin-Iwakuni Station

Seiryū-Shin-Iwakuni Station 清流新岩国駅
The station in May 2012 before renaming
Location	1 Mishō, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi （山口県岩国市御庄一丁目） Japan
Coordinates	34°09′44″N 132°08′52″E / 34.162349°N 132.14768°ECoordinates: 34°09′44″N 132°08′52″E / 34.162349°N 132.14768°E
Operated by	Nishikigawa Railway
Line(s)	Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1960
Previous names	Mishō (until 2013)

Seiryū-Shin-Iwakuni Station (清流新岩国駅 Seiryū-Shin-Iwakuni-eki) is a railway station in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nishikigawa Railway.

Lines

Seiryū-Shin-Iwakuni Station is served by the Nishikigawa Railway Nishikigawa Seiryū Line, and is linked by a walkway to Shin-Iwakuni Station on the Sanyo Shinkansen approximately 300 m from this station.^[1]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Kawanishi		-		Shuuchi-Kasagami

History

The station opened on 1 November 1960, named Mishō Station (御庄駅).^[2] It was renamed Seiryū-Shin-Iwakuni Station from 16 March 2013 to emphasize the connection with the nearby shinkansen station.^[1]

References

1. 山口県の錦川鉄道御庄駅が「清流新岩国」に - 新幹線への連絡駅をアピール [Misho Station on Nishikigawa Railway in Yamaguchi Prefecture renamed "Seiryū-Shin-Iwakuni" to promote interchange with shinkansen]. Nynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
2. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 299. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.