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Iwakuni Station

railway station in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan
Train Station Railway Station Q5358387

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
railway station, railway station above ground, over-track railway station, general station, directly managed station, 管理駅, junction station, interchange station, last station[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Inception
September 25, 1897
Official website
www.jr-odekake.net, nishikigawa.com
Official name
岩国駅, 麻里布駅

Location

Country
Japan[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 34.172°, 132.226°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Iwakuni[2]
More facts +15
Founder
San'yō Railway[14]
Owned by
West Japan Railway Company, Japan Freight Railway Company[16][17]
Adjacent station
Waki Station, Minami-Iwakuni Station, Nishi-Iwakuni Station, Nishi-Iwakuni Station[21][22][23][24]
Connecting line
San’yō Main Line, Gantoku Line[12][13]
Daily patronage
4,281
Date of official opening
September 25, 1897
Maintained by
West Japan Railway Company[15]
Name in kana
いわくにえき
Named after
Iwakuni[20]
Number of platform faces
3
Number of platform tracks
6
Operator
West Japan Railway Company, Japan Freight Railway Company[18][19]
State of use
in use
Station code
クニ, JR-R16[25]
Street address
山口県岩国市麻里布町一丁目1-1
🏷️ Also known as
en Iwakuni Station fr gare d’Iwakuni fr Iwakuni id Stasiun Iwakuni it stazione di Iwakuni ja JR-R16 ja 岩国駅 ja 麻里布駅 ko 이와쿠니역 uk Івакуні zh 岩國站 zh-hant 巖國站
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Iwakuni-Station-West-Building2020.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/04f4f3h
GNS Unique Feature ID
-231,023
GeoNLP ID (obsolete)
l5kgjk, yEDxC1
GeoNames ID
1861211
NicoNicoPedia word article ID
岩国駅
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
岩国駅

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 5
railway station, interchange station, junction station, over-track railway station, railway station above ground
Adjacent station 4
Minami-Iwakuni Station, Waki Station, Nishi-Iwakuni Station, Nishi-Iwakuni Station
← Adjacent station 3
Minami-Iwakuni Station, Waki Station, Nishi-Iwakuni Station
Connecting line 2
San’yō Main Line, Gantoku Line
Operator 2
West Japan Railway Company, Japan Freight Railway Company
Owned by 2
West Japan Railway Company, Japan Freight Railway Company
Country 1
Japan
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Iwakuni
Located in time zone 1
Japan Standard Time
Maintained by 1
West Japan Railway Company
Named after 1
Iwakuni
← Terminus 1
Gantoku Line
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Summary

Iwakuni Station is a railway station[1].

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History and Context

September 25, 1897 marks the founding of Iwakuni Station[26]. Owners include West Japan Railway Company[16], a rail company (Japan)[27], in Japan[28], founded in 1987[29], headquartered in JR West Japan Headquarters Building[30] and Japan Freight Railway Company[17], a rail company (Japan)[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1987[33], headquartered in Sendagaya[34].

Related Entities

Japan West Japan Railway Company

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #51993: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 15w ago · K8hishi · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in kana → いわくにえき
    "Created claim: Name in kana: いわくにえき, batch #262426"
  3. 25w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Connecting line → San’yō Main Line, Gantoku Line
    Coordinate location → —
    Inception → September 25, 1897
    Adjacent station → Waki Station, Minami-Iwakuni Station, Nishi-Iwakuni Station
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: Added ur:ایواکونی اسٹیشن"
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