Hagi Station

Hagi Station (萩駅, Hagi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Hagi Station is served by the JR West San'in Main Line, and is located 575.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kyoto. The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended. At present, the west half of the station building is the Hagi City Nature and History Museum. The station was opened on 3 April 1925 when the Japan Government Railways Mine Line was extended between Nagato-Misumi Station and Hagi Station. This portion of the Mine Line was incorporated into the San'in Main Line in 1933. Freight operations were discontinued from 31 March 1977. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).