Nagatani Station 長谷駅 | |||||
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![]() Nagatani Station in July 2008 | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Nagatani, Awaya-machi, Miyoshi-shi, Hiroshima-ken 728-0025 Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 34°48′12″N 132°47′17″E / 34.803215°N 132.788138°E | ||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||
Line(s) | F Sankō Line | ||||
Distance | 100.6 km from Gōtsu | ||||
Other information | |||||
Website | Official website | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 25 April 1969 | ||||
Closed | 31 March 2018 | ||||
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Nagatani Station (長谷駅, Nagatani-eki) was a railway station on the Sankō Line in Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Opened in 1969, The station closed on 31 March 2018 with the closure of the entire Sanko Line.
Nagatani Station was served by the 108.1 km Sankō Line from Gōtsu in Shimane Prefecture to Miyoshi in Hiroshima Prefecture, which closed on 31 March 2018.[1] The station was located 100.6 km from the starting point of the line at Gōtsu.[2]
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Sankō Line | ||||
Funasa | Local | Awaya |
The station opened on 25 April 1969.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]
On 16 October 2015, JR West announced that it was considering closing the Sanko Line due to poor patronage.[3] On 29 September 2016, JR West announced that the entire line would close on 31 March 2018.[4] The line then closed on 31 March 2018, with an event hosted by JR West.[5]