Nishi-Maizuru Station

Nishi-Maizuru Station (西舞鶴駅, Nishi-Maizuru-eki) is a union passenger railway station located in the city of Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, operated jointly by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway company Willer Trains (Kyoto Tango Railway).

Nishi-Maizuru Station 西舞鶴駅
Nishi-Maizuru Station building, March 2007
General information
Location	Isazu, Maizuru-shi, Kyoto-fu 624-0816 Japan
Coordinates	35°26′30.75″N 135°19′49.4″E
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kyoto Tango Railway (KTR)
Line(s)	L  Maizuru Line ■ Miyazu Line (Miyamai Line)
Platforms	2 side+ 1 island platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	M8 (KTR)
History
Opened	3 November 1904 (1904-11-03)
Previous names	Maizuru (until 1944)
Passengers
FY2019	1478 daily (JR - 2017) 361 (KTR - 2019)
Location Nishi-Maizuru Station Location within Kyoto Prefecture Nishi-Maizuru Station Nishi-Maizuru Station (Japan)

Lines

Nishi-Maizuru Station is station on the JR Maizuru Line and is 19.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ayabe. It is also the terminal station for the Miyazu Line and is 83.6 kilometers from the opposing terminus of that line at Toyooka.

Layout

The JR West portion of the station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed. The Kyoto Tango Railway portion of the station consists of one dead-headed side platform.

JR West

2	■  L  Maizuru Line	for Higashi-Maizuru and Tsuruga for Ayabe, Fukuchiyama and Kyoto (local trains every morning and every night)
3	■  L  Maizuru Line	for Ayabe, Fukuchiyama and Kyoto
4	■  L  Maizuru Line	for Higashi-Maizuru and Tsuruga (partly) for Ayabe, Fukuchiyama and Kyoto (partly)

Kyoto Tango Railway

■ Miyazu Line

for Miyazu

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Maizuru Line
Ayabe		Maizuru		Higashi-Maizuru
Magura		Local		Higashi-Maizuru
Kyoto Tango Railway Miyazu Line
Terminus		Local		Shisho

History

The station was opened on November 3, 1904 as Maizuru Station (舞鶴駅). It was renamed on April 1, 1944. The current station building was completed in 1999.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Kyoto Tango Railway portion station was used by an average of 361 passengers daily. The last published data for the JR West portion of the station was 1487 passengers daily in fiscal 2017.

Surrounding area

• Maizuru Castle (Tanabe Castle)
• Maizuru City Hall West Branch
• Kyoto Prefectural Nishi Maizuru High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• JR West homepage(in Japanese)
• KTR homepage (in Japanese)