Yura Station
Yura Station (由良駅, Yura-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Hokuei, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
It is nicknamed "Conan Station".
Lines
Yura Station is served by the San'in Main Line, and is located 280.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kyoto.
Station layout
The station consists of one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform. The station building faces the side platform, and the island platform connected by a footbridge. However, normally only platform1 is in use. The station is staffed.
Platforms
| 1 | ■  San'in Main Line
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for Kurayoshi and Tottori Urayasu and Yonago |
| 2 | ■ San'in Main Line
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for Urayasu and Yonago |
| 3 | ■ San'in Main Line
|
shunt track to allow passage of express trains |
History
Yura Station opened on December 20, 1903. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1086 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
- Hokuei Town Hall
- Hokuei Town Library
- Hokuei Town Tourist Information Center
- Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory
See also
References
- ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ^ "Yura Station (Conan Station)". Travel Tips. Tokyo: Redhorse Global. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020
External links
Media related to Yura Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Yura Station from JR-Odekake.net (in Japanese)