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Tamatsukuri-Onsen Station (玉造温泉駅, Tamatsukuri-Onsen-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines
Tamatsukuri-Onsen Station is served by the JR West San'in Main Line, and is located 358.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kyoto.
Station layout
The station consists of one island platforms connected to the station building by an underground passage. The inbound platform (toward Yonago) is actually adjacent to the station building, but the platform is located higher than the station building and can only be reached by the underground passage. The current station building is a one-story wooden structure built in 1935 and renovated in 1988 and in 2012. The station building is unattended.
Platforms
Adjacent stations
History
Tamatsukuri-Onsen Station was opened as Yumachi Station (湯町駅) on 7 November 1909 when the line was extended from Matsue Station to Shinji Station on the Japan Government Railways. It was renamed on 11 May 1949. 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 202 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
The station is located in the center of the former Tamayu Town and close to the Matsue City Hall Tamayu Branch, the former Tamayu Town Hall. Tamatsukuri Onsen, the origin of the station's name, is located approximately 2 kilometers south of this station.
See also
List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Media related to Tamatsukuri-Onsen Station at Wikimedia Commons
JR West Station Official Site