Miyayama Station

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Miyayama Station
宮山駅
File:Miyayama Station building.JPG
Location Miyayama 3605, Samukawa, Kōza, Kanagawa
(神奈川県高座郡寒川町宮山3605)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Sagami Line
Connections <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
History
Opened 1931
Traffic
Passengers (2008) 2,098 daily
File:Miyayama Station tracks.JPG
Miyayama Station 2004

Miyayama Station (宮山駅 Miyayama-eki?) is a train station in the town of Samukawa, Koza District. Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 7.2 rail kilometers from the terminal station of the Sagami Line, Chigasaki.

History

Miyayama Station was opened on July 1, 1931 as a rail siding the Sagami Railway per the request of local inhabitants and worshippers at the nearby Samukawa Shrine. On June 1, 1944, the Sagami Railway was nationalized and merged with the Japan National Railways and Miyayama was elevated to a full station at that time. On April 1, 1987, with the dissolution and privatization of the Japan National Railways, the station came under the operation of JR East. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC card system came into operation from November 2001.

Line

Miyayama Station is served by the following line:

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform connected by an overpass to the station building.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Samukawa   JR Sagami Line   Kurami

External links

[Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.