Saimyoji Station
railway station in Semboku, Akita prefecture, Japan
Saimyoji Station (西明寺駅, Saimyōji-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway.
Lines
Saimyoji Station is served by the Nariku Line, and is located 86.9 km from the terminus of the line at Takanosu Station.
Station layout
The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended. There is no station building, but only a shelter built on the platform.
Adjacent stations
History
Saimyoji Station opened on November 1, 1971, as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Kakunodate Line, serving the town of Nishiki, Akita. The line was privatized on 1 November 1986, becoming the Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway.
The public source identifies “Saimyoji Station” as railway station in Semboku, Akita prefecture, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Saimyoji, Station and railway.
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This entry incorporates text from “Saimyoji Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.