Yonago Airport Station

Yonago Airport Station
米子空港駅
Yonago Airport Station, June 2010
Location
Prefecture Tottori
(See other stations in Tottori)
City Sakaiminato
Neighborhood etc. 744, Sainokami-chō
Coordinates35°30′07″N 133°14′52″E / 35.502009°N 133.247815°ECoordinates: 35°30′07″N 133°14′52″E / 35.502009°N 133.247815°E
Postal code684-0055
(in Japanese)鳥取県境港市佐斐神町744
History
Year opened 1902
Former name Ōshinozu Station
Present name since 2008
Rail services
Operator(s) JR West
Line(s) Sakai Line
Statistics 4 passengers/day 2007
There is a bus stop near this station
Miho-Yonago Airport connected
Yonago Airport Station in 2008, before completion of the station building

Yonago Airport Station (米子空港駅 Yonago Kūkō-eki) is a train station in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, Japan.

Passengers can walk from this station to the Yonago Airport terminal.

Lines

Layout

The station has one platform serving one track for trains of both directions.

History

The station opened on November 1, 1902, as Ōshinozu Station (大篠津駅).[1] The station was moved to the present location and renamed Yonago Airport Station on June 15, 2008, when the line was rerouted for the expansion of Yonago Airport.[2]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sakai Line
Yumigahama Rapid Nakahama
Ōshinozuchō Local Nakahama

References

  1. Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 328, vol. II. ISBN 4533029809.
  2. "境線 大篠津駅、御崎口駅の駅名改称について (Renaming of Ōshinozu Station and Misakiguchi Station on the Sakai Line)", JR West press release, April 15, 2008 (Japanese), retrieved on April 13, 2009
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