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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 / 34.210653°N 131.998635°E / 34.210653; 131.998635
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

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.

Lines

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

Adjacent stations

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.

Passenger statistics

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

References

1. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 298–299. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 176. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
3. 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 285. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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