Nekasa Station

Nekasa Station (根笠駅, Nekasa-eki) is a railway station on the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Nishikigawa Railway, a third-sector railway company.

Nekasa Station 根笠駅
General information
Location	Mikawa-machi Nekasa, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi （山口県岩国市美川町根笠） Japan
Coordinates	34°12′38″N 131°59′55″E
Operated by	Nishikigawa Railway
Line(s)	Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Distance	23.5 km from Kawanishi
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1 November 1960 (1960-11-01)
Passengers
FY2011	36 daily
Location

Nekasa Station

Lines

The station is served by the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line and is located 23.5 km from the start of the line at Kawanishi.^[1]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nishikigawa Railway
Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Naguwa		-		Kawayama

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 November 1960 as an intermediate station during the construction of the then Gannichi Line (岩日線, Gannichi-sen) from Kawanishi to Kawayama. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR West which then ceded control to Nishikigawa Railway on 25 July 1987.^[2][3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 36 passengers daily.^[1]