Shimata Station

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	Shimata Station
	島田駅

Location
Kami-Shimata 4-8-1, Hikari, Yamaguchi
Opened
1897
JR Lines
█ Sanyō Main Line
Platforms
2 side platforms

Shimata Station (島田駅, Shimata Eki^?) is operated by JR West on the Sanyō Main Line in Hikari, Yamaguchi. It is located in the rural northern part of the Shimata area in Hikari, on the north side of the city's territory.

1 History
2 Layout
- 2.1 Platforms
3 Adjacent stations
4 External links

[edit] History

September 5, 1897: Station opens as part of the new Hiroshima-Tokuyama segment of the Sanyō Railway
December 1, 1906: Station is transferred to Japanese Government Railways as a part of railway nationalization
April 1, 1987: Station operation is taken over by JR West after privatization of Japanese National Railways

[edit] Layout

The station has three tracks, with two tracks devoted to passenger use. These two tracks lie on opposite sides of the station, each being served by a side platform. In between the two tracks there is a third track which connects to the other two, but is currently unused. The station building is located on the south side of the station, and there is a crossover connecting the two platforms.

[edit] Platforms

1	■Sanyō Main Line	Tokuyama ・ Hōfu ・ Shin-Yamaguchi
P	■Sanyō Main Line	Not currently in regular use
2	■Sanyō Main Line	Yanai ・ Iwakuni ・ Hiroshima

[edit] Adjacent stations

West Japan Railway (JR West)

█ Sanyō Main Line

Iwata - Shimata - Hikari

[edit] External links

(Japanese) JR West

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Stations of the JR Sanyō Main Line (Mihara - Tokuyama)

(to Okayama<<) - Mihara - Hongō - Kōchi - Nyūno - Shiraichi - Nishitakaya - Saijō - Hachihonmatsu - Seno - Nakanohigashi - Akinakano - Kaitaichi - Mukainada - Tenjingawa - (Hiroshima Freight Terminal) - Hiroshima - Yokogawa - Nishi-Hiroshima - Shin-Inokuchi - Itsukaichi - Hatsukaichi - Miyauchikushido - Ajina - Miyajimaguchi - Maezora - Ōnoura - Kuba - Ōtake - Iwakuni - Minami Iwakuni - Fujū - Tsuzu - Yuu - Kōjiro - Ōbatake - Yanaiminato - Yanai - Tabuse - Iwata - Shimata - Hikari - Kudamatsu - Kushigahama - Tokuyama - (>>to Shimonoseki)