Iwami-Kawagoe Station

Iwami-Kawagoe Station (石見川越駅, Iwami Kawagoe-eki) was a railway station in Gōtsu, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Iwami-Kawagoe Station

石見川越駅
Iwami-Kawagoe Station in May 2012
Location517, Sakurae-chō Kawagoe, Gōtsu
(島根県江津市桜江町川越517)
Shimane Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates34°57′00″N 132°24′55″E
Operated by JR West
Line(s) F  Sankō Line
History
Opened1931
Closed2018
Location
Iwami-Kawagoe Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Iwami-Kawagoe 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 »
Sankō Line
Tazu Local Shikaga

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]

gollark: Well, "direct self-interest", I suppose, not wanting a stupid economic system is partly for self-interest reasons too.
gollark: > <@!258639553357676545> I KNEW IT! You only hate communism because you are burgeois scum and fear losing your social standing!<@!330678593904443393> There's probably some self-interest. But I also don't want an economic system which is insanely stupid.
gollark: um.
gollark: I think there are *at least* two good couples.
gollark: In many cases, children may be a net positive, and it is hard to know when this is or is not the case.

See also

References

  1. "Fans bid farewell as Sanko Line closes after 88 years in service". asahi.com. The Asahi Shimbun. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.