Iwami-Tsuga Station
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Iwami-Tsuga Station (石見都賀駅, Iwami Tsuga-eki) was a railway station in Misato, Ōchi District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines
Iwami-Tsuga Station was served by the 108.1 km Sankō Line from Gōtsu in Shimane Prefecture to Miyoshi in Hiroshima Prefecture, which closed on 31 March 2018.[1]
Adjacent stations
« | Service | » | ||
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Sankō Line | ||||
Iwami-Matsubara | Local | Uzui |
History
On 16 October 2015, JR West announced that it was considering closing the Sanko Line due to poor patronage.[2] On 29 September 2016, JR West announced that the entire line would close on 31 March 2018.[3] The line then closed on March 31, 2018, with an event hosted by JR West.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Fans bid farewell as Sanko Line closes after 88 years in service". asahi.com. The Asahi Shimbun. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ JR西:三江線、廃止も検討…人口減、利用低迷で [JR West considering closure of Sanko Line - declining population and poor patronage]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ 三江線18年3月末で廃線 [Sanko Line to close at end of March 2018]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 29 September 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Railway fans bid JR Sanko Line in western Japan farewell as red ink forces closure". Mainichi Daily News. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
External links
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- Official website (archived from the original on 27 March 2018) (in Japanese)
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- Gōtsuhommachi
- Chigane
- Kawahira
- Kawado
- Tazu
- Iwami-Kawagoe
- Shikaga
- Inbara
- Iwami Kawamoto
- Kirohara
- Take
- Onbara
- Iwami-Yanaze
- Akatsuka
- Kasubuchi
- Hamahara
- Sawadani
- Ushio
- Iwami-Matsubara
- Iwami Tsuga
- Uzui
- Ikawashi
- Kuchiba
- Gōbira
- Sakugiguchi
- Kōyodo
- Shikijiki
- Nobuki
- Tokorogi
- Funasa
- Nagatani
- Awaya
- Ozekiyama
- Miyoshi
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