Mine Station

Mine Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West [Japan Railway Company].

Lines

Mine Station is served by the JR West Mine Line, and is located 19.4 kilometers from the junction of the San'yō Main Line at.

The station consists of one ground-level unnumbered side platform and one island platform, connected by a footbridge; however, the island platform is not in use and all traffic in both directions uses the side platform. The station is unattended.

Mine Station was opened on 15 September 1916 as the Yoshinori Temporary Stop on the Ōmine Light Railway between Isa Station and Shigeyasu Station. It was elevated to a full passenger station on 1 June 1920 as Yoshinori Station when the line was nationalized. The station was renamed on 1 October 1963. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company.

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 290 passengers daily.

Mine Station is located at the northwest end of the center of Mine City. Japan [National Route 435] runs to the south of the station, Japan National Route 316 runs to the east, and the Asa River runs further south of National Route 435.