Timetable information
Known weekday departures: 27/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 27/day
First / last known departure (weekday): 6:10 / 21:49
Busiest hour (known departures): 17:00–18:00 (3)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).
Adjacent stations
- San'in Main Line: Yusato ⇄ Iwami-Fukumitsu
Location
History
Yunotsu Station opened on 25 November 1918 when the San'in Main Line was extended between Nima and Asari stations under the Imperial Japanese Government Railways. It serves the city of Ōda in Shimane Prefecture and is located 437.9 kilometres from the line's terminus at Kyoto. Freight handling ceased in 1973 and parcel service in 1985. With the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station passed to JR West. A new station building opened in 2004, shared with the local JA branch office, which handled ticket sales until daily staffing ended on 1 April 2022.
Notes
Despite its name's unusual reading ("Yunotsu" written as 温泉津), the station is the gateway to a hot-spring district inside the Iwami Ginzan UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: 切干大根 (Kiriboshi Daikon) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-08-18