Station

Yudaonsen

湯田温泉

Yudaonsen
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Train service

Weekday departures: 64/day · Sat & holiday departures: 64/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:48 / 23:53

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (5)

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Adjacent stations

Location

History

Yudaonsen Station opened on 20 February 1913 as Yuda Station (湯田駅) when the Imperial Japanese Government Railways Yamaguchi Line was extended from Ogōri (today Shin-Yamaguchi) to Yamaguchi, in what is today the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It was renamed Yudaonsen on 20 March 1961 to advertise the nearby hot-spring resort. With the 1 April 1987 JNR privatisation the station passed to JR West. Limited-express Super Oki and the seasonal sightseeing steam train SL Yamaguchi both stop at the station. The current station sits 10.3 kilometres from the line junction at Shin-Yamaguchi and is operated by JR West subsidiary Chūgoku Kōtsū Service.

Notes

A free public foot-bath (ashiyu) was installed in the station forecourt as part of a 2011 city-led redevelopment timed to "Oideyase Yamaguchi" National Sports Festival, advertising the Yuda hot-spring town despite the station itself sitting nearly a kilometre from the actual onsen district.

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