Minami-Iyo Station

Railway station in Iyo, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR Shikoku			Following station
Iyo-Yokota U03 towards Uwajima		Yosan Line		Kita-Iyo U02 towards Takamatsu

Location
Minami-Iyo Station Location within Ehime Prefecture Show map of Ehime Prefecture Minami-Iyo Station Minami-Iyo Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Minami-Iyo Station (南伊予駅, Minami-Iyo-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Iyo, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "U02-1".

Lines

Minami-Iyo Station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 201.9 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu. Only Yosan Line local trains stop at the station bound for Matsuyama, Iyo-Ōzu and Uwajima.^[1]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The platform is equipped with a weather shelter and a "tickets corner", a small shelter housing an automatic ticket vending machine. A ramp leads up to the platform from the access road.

History

On 26 November 2018, JR Shikoku announced the planned construction of the station, as part of a modernization project in the Matsuyama area. The station name comes from an old village that used to be in the area.^[2]

The station opened on 14 March 2020, at a cost of 170 million yen. A new Matsuyama Freight Terminal was also built next to the station.^[3]

Surrounding area

Japan Freight Railway (JR Freight) Matsuyama Freight Station
Matsumae Town National Athletic Memorial Hockey Park
Iyo City Iyo Junior High School
Iyo Municipal Iyo Elementary School

References

^ "Minami-Iyo Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ "ＪＲ予讃線への新駅設置について" (PDF).
^ "愛媛）予讃線に南伊予駅開業、JRダイヤ改定：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-22.