Yoshinobu Station


Yoshinobu Station is a railway station in Matsuno, Kitauwa District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "G37".

Lines

The station is served by JR Shikoku's Yodo Line.

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. One platform is connected to a station building which is unstaffed and serves as a waiting room. An overhead bridge leads across the tracks to the other platform which has a passenger shelter.

Adjacent stations

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History

The station opened on 12 December 1923 when a narrow gauge line owned by the Uwajima Railway from to was extended. The station became the new terminus and was given the name Yoshino Station. With the nationalization of Uwajima Railway on 1 August 1933, the station came under the control of Japanese Government Railways, later corporatised as Japan National Railways and was renamed Yoshinobu Station. On 26 March 1953, it became a through-station when the line was extended to.With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control passed to JR Shikoku.