title: Minobayashi Station
text: # Minobayashi Station
  
  Minobayashi Station (見能林駅, Minobayashi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Anan, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "M13".
  
  ## Lines
  
  Minobayashi Station is served by the Mugi Line and is located 26.4 km from the beginning of the line at Tokushima. Only local trains stop at the station.
  
  ## Layout
  
  The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. A ramp leads up to the platform from the access road.
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | Service | » |
  | - | - | - |
  | Mugi Line |||||
  | Limited Express Muroto: Does not stop at this station |||||
  | Anan | Local | Awa-Tachibana |
  
  ## History
  
  Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Minobayashi Station on 27 March 1936 as an intermediate station during the first phase of the construction of the Mugi Line when a track was built from Hanoura to Kuwano. The station building was destroyed in a fire in the summer of 1986. On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, JR Shikoku took over control of the Station.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 614 passengers daily.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Anan City Minobayashi Elementary School
  * Anan City Anan Junior High School
  * Anan National College of Technology
  