Tokuyama Station

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	Tokuyama Station
	徳山駅
Location
Miyuki-dōri 2, Shūnan, Yamaguchi
Opened
1897
JR Lines
█ Sanyō Shinkansen █ Sanyō Main Line █ Gantoku Line
Platforms
4 side platforms, 1 island platform

Tokuyama Station (徳山駅, Tokuyama Eki^?) is operated by JR West in Shūnan, Yamaguchi, and is a stopping point for the Sanyō Shinkansen and the Sanyō Main Line, and serves as the western terminus of Gantoku Line. It is located in central Shūnan, with the Tokuyama Port and the city office within walking distance.

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

[edit] History

• September 25, 1897: Station opens
• December 1, 1906: Station is transferred to Japanese National Railways as a part of railway nationalization
• December 1, 1934: Gantoku Line begins operation
• September, 1969: Present station building begins to be used
• March 10, 1975: The Sanyō Shinkansen stops here for the first time
• April 1, 1987: Station operation is taken over by JR West after privatization of Japanese National Railways

[edit] Layout

The station has five regular tracks (for the Sanyō Main Line and the Gantoku Line) and two Shinkansen tracks, with two side platforms and one island platform serving the Sanyō Main Line, and part of one island platform serving the Gantoku line. These are located on the north side of the station. The Shinkansen tracks are elevated and located on the south side of the station. Each of the platforms is connected by an overpass at the southeast end of the station.

[edit] Platforms

1	■Sanyō Main Line	Yanai ・ Iwakuni ・ Hiroshima
2	■Sanyō Main Line	(passing: no platform)
3	■Gantoku Line	Suō-Takamori ・ Kuga ・Iwakuni (occasional scheduled Sanyō Main Line train use)
4	■Sanyō Main Line	Hōfu ・ Shin-Yamaguchi ・ Shimonoseki (normal platform)
5	■Sanyō Main Line	Hōfu ・ Shin-Yamaguchi ・ Shimonoseki
6	■Sanyō Shinkansen	Shin-Ōsaka ・ Tokyo
7	■Sanyō Shinkansen	Hakata

[edit] Adjacent stations

West Japan Railway (JR West)

█ Sanyō Shinkansen

Shin-Iwakuni - Tokuyama - Shin-Yamaguchi

█ Sanyō Main Line

Kushigahama - Tokuyama - Shinnan'yō

█ Gantoku Line

Kushigahama - Tokuyama

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) JR West
• (Japanese) Shūnan City

v • d • e Stations of the JR Sanyō Shinkansen Line Shin-Ōsaka - Shin-Kobe - Nishi-Akashi - Himeji - Aioi - Okayama - Shin-Kurashiki - Fukuyama - Shin-Onomichi - Mihara - Higashi-Hiroshima - Hiroshima - Shin-Iwakuni - Tokuyama - Shin-Yamaguchi - Asa - Shin-Shimonoseki - Kokura - Hakata

v • d • e 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) JR Miyajima Ferry: Miyajimaguchi - Miyajima

v • d • e Stations of the JR Sanyō Main Line (Tokuyama - Moji) (to Hiroshima<<) - Tokuyama - Shin-Nan'yō - Fukugawa - Heta - Tonomi - Hōfu-Kamotsu (freight) - Hōfu - Daidō - Yotsutsuji - Shin-Yamaguchi - Kagawa - Hon'yura - Kotō - Ube - Onoda - Asa - Habu - Ozuki - Chōfu - Shin-Shimonoseki - Hatabu - Shimonoseki - Moji

v • d • e Stations of the Gantoku Line Iwakuni – Nishi-Iwakuni – Kawanishi – Hashirano – Kimmeiji – Kuga – Suō-Takamori – Yonekawa – Takamizu – Katsuma – Ōkawachi – Suō-Kubo – Ikunoya – Suō-Hanaoka – Kushigahama – Tokuyama