Katsuma Station (勝間駅, Katsuma-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] It is located in the Kumage part of Shūnan, and is near the Sun Wing Kumage (サンウイング熊毛) community center.
Katsuma Station
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Katsuma Station in May 20128
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| Location | Yobisaka Nishishita Bamba 1183, Shūnan-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 745-0612 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°2′31.29″N 131°57′14.43″E / 34.0420250°N 131.9540083°E / 34.0420250; 131.9540083 | ||||||||||
| Owned by |  West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gantoku Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 31.1 km (19.3 mi) from Iwakuni | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 December 1934; 89 years ago (1934-12-01) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2020 | 134 | ||||||||||
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Katsuma Station is served by the JR West Gantoku Line, and is located 31.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Iwakuni.
The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unattended.
Katsuma Station was opened on 1 December 1934. 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).
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 134 passengers daily.[2]
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