Minami-Onoda Station

Location
	Minami-Onoda Station Location within Yamaguchi Prefecture Minami-Onoda Station Minami-Onoda Station (Japan)

Minami-Onoda Station

南小野田駅
Minami-Onoda Station; 南小野田駅
	Minami-Onoda Station in May 2012
General information
Location	6290-2 Heiseichō, San'yō-Onoda-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 756-0837; Japan
Coordinates	33°58′38.71″N 131°10′30.08″E / 33.9774194°N 131.1750222°E
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Onoda Line
Distance	8.9 km (5.5 miles) from Ube-Shinkawa
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Bus stop;
Construction
Structure type	at grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 March 1962
Passengers
FY2020	96
Services
Location
Location
	Minami-Onoda Station Location within Yamaguchi Prefecture Minami-Onoda Station Minami-Onoda Station (Japan)

Minami-Onoda Station (南小野田駅, Minami-Onoda-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of San'yō-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).^[1]

Lines

Minami-Onoda Station is served by the JR West Onoda Line, and is located 7.1 kilometers from the junction of the San'yō Main Line at Inō and 8.9 kilometers from terminus of the line at Ube-Shinkawa.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground level side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station is unattended.

History

Minami-Onoda Station was opened on 25 November 1915 as Cement-chō Station (セメント町駅) on the Onoda Railway. The Onoda Railway was railway nationalized in 1943, at which time the station name was changed to Onodakō Station (小野田港駅). On 1 October 1947 the section from Onodako Station to Suzumeda Station was completed and the station renamed Onodakō Station Kitaguchi (小野田港駅北口). The station assumed its present name on 15 March 1962. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 96 passengers daily.^[2]

Surrounding area

The surrounding area is the urban area of Onoda. Onoda Port spreads out on the west side of the station, and there is a Taiheiyo Cement factory. There are high schools and banks on the east side of the station.

Yamaguchi Prefectural Onoda Technical High School
Sanyo Onoda Municipal Onoda Junior High School

References

^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン全線・全駅・全配線第6巻広島東部・呉エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 6 east Hiroshima/Kure Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
^ Yamaguchi Prefecture Statistical Yearbook

External links

Media related to Minami-Onoda Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR West Station Official Site

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[Kawashima-1] Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン全線・全駅・全配線第6巻広島東部・呉エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 6 east Hiroshima/Kure Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.

[2] Yamaguchi Prefecture Statistical Yearbook

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