Hon-Yura Station | |
Native Name: | 本由良駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | Sayama, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, 754-0894 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 467.7km (290.6miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 3 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Former: | Ajisu (to 1950) |
Passengers: | 230 |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Map Type: | Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Hon-Yura Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Hon-Yura Station is served by the JR West San'yō Main Line, and is located 467.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Hon-Yura Station was opened on 3 December 1900 as on the San'yō Railway when the line was extended from Mitajiri (present-day Hōfu Station) to Asa Station. The San'yō Railway was railway nationalized in 1906 and the line renamed the San'yō Main Line in 1909. The station was renamed 1 June 1950. 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 230 passengers daily.[2]