Yanaze Station

Yanaze Station (柳瀬駅, Yanaze-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.

Yanaze Station 柳瀬駅
Yanaze Station
General information
Location	Mikawa-machi Shimegami Yanaza, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi （山口県岩国市美川町四馬神柳瀬） Japan
Coordinates	34°15′27″N 131°58′37″E
Operated by	Nishikigawa Railway
Line(s)	Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Distance	31.0 km from Kawanishi
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1 October 1963 (1963-10-01)
Passengers
FY2011	4 daily
Location

Lines

The station is served by the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line and is located 31.0 km from the start of the line at Kawanishi.^[1]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Kawayama		-		Nishikichō

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 October 1963 as an intermediate station when the then Gannichi Line (岩日線, Gannichi-sen) was extended from Kawayama to Nishikichō. 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 4 passengers daily.^[1]