Matsuyama Station (Ehime)

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Matsuyama Station
Matsuyama Station

Matsuyama Station (松山駅 Matsuyama-eki?) is a JR Shikoku railway station on the Yosan Line located in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The station opened on April 3, 1927.

Matsuyama station is the terminus of the Yosan line between Takamatsu in Kagawa prefecture and Matsuyama. Express trains head from Matsuyama to Okayama on Honshu, connecting with the Sanyo Shinkansen, and also to Takamatsu. The Okayama service is known as the 'Shiokaze' and the Takamatsu service is known as the Ishizuchi (the name of the highest mountain on Shikoku). Southwards from Matsuyama, the 'Uwakai' express train heads southwards to Uwajima. There are some through trains from Okayama and Takamatsu to Uwajima that stop at Matsuyama.

Local trains also head to destinations southwards and eastwards


Iyo Railway has a tram stop named Matsuyama Ekimae in front of the station.