title: Iwata Station (Yamaguchi)
text: # Iwata Station (Yamaguchi)
  
  Iwata Station (岩田駅, Iwata-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Iwata Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 390.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of a side platform and an island platform; however, one half of the island platform (the middle track) is no longer in use. The station building is adjacent to the side platform connected by a footbridge to the island platform. The station is unattended.
  
  ## Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ San'yō Line | for Yanai and Iwakuni |
  | - | - | - |
  | 3 | ■ San'yō Line | for Tokuyama and Hōfu |
  
  ## History
  
  Iwata Station was opened on 5 June 1899 as an infill station on the San'yo Railway. The San'yo Railway was nationalized in 1906 and the line renamed the San'yo Main Line in 1909. The current station building was completed in March 1937. 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).
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 323 passengers daily.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Hikari City Hall Yamato Branch (former Yamato Town Hall)
  * Hikari City Iwata Elementary School
  * Hikari City Miwa Elementary School
  * Hikari City Yamato Junior High School
  * Hikari City Yamato General Hospital
  