title: Mukuno Station
text: # Mukuno Station
  
  Mukuno Station (椋野駅, Mukuno-eki) is a railway station on the Seiryū Line in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Nishikigawa Railway, a third-sector railway company.
  
  ## Lines
  
  The station is served by the Seiryū Line and is located 17.7 km from the start of the line at Kawanishi.
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | Service | » |
  | - | - | - |
  | Nishikigawa Railway |||||
  | Nishikigawa Seiryū Line |||||
  | Kita-Gōchi | - | Naguwa |
  
  ## History
  
  Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 November 1960 as an intermediate station during the construction of the then Gannichi Line (岩日線, Gannichi-sen) from Kawanishi to Kawayama. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR West which then ceded control to Nishikigawa Railway on 25 July 1987.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 11 passengers daily.
  
  