Iyo-Yoshida Station | |
Native Name: | 伊予吉田駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR Shikoku |
Address: | Yoshidacho Tachimajiri, Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture 799-3710 |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | At grade |
Accessible: | No - platforms linked by footbridge |
Code: | U25 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 218 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Ehime Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Iyo-Yoshida Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "U25".[1]
Iyo-Yoshida Station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located from the beginning of the line at . Only local trains serve the station. Eastbound local trains terminate at . Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama on the line.[2]
In addition, the Uwakai limited express also stops at the station.[2]
The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. A station building, which is now unstaffed, serves as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge.[3] [4] [5]
The station was opened on 2 July 1941 as part of the then Uwajima Line which ran from to . Subsequently, the track of the then Yosan Mainline was extended westwards from and linked up with the Uwajima Line at on 20 June 1945. The Uwajima Line and its stations, including Iyo-Yoshida, then became part of the Yosan Mainline from that date. At that time, the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways (JGR), later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.