Horie Station


Horie Station is a railway station on the Yosan Line in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y52".

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 184.9 km from the beginning of the line at. Only Yosan Line local trains stop at the station and they only serve the sector between and. Connections with other local or limited express trains are needed to travel further east or west along the line.

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. A disused freight car has been set up next to the tracks and converted into a waiting room in the same style as at. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge. A siding branches off line 1 and leads to the traces of a disused freight platform.

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 3 April 1927 as an intermediate stop when the then Sanyo Line was extended from to. At that time the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways, later becoming Japanese National Railways. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.