title: Yoshinobu Station
text: # Yoshinobu Station
  
  Yoshinobu Station (吉野生駅, Yoshinobu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Matsuno, Kitauwa District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "G37".
  
  ## Lines
  
  The station is served by JR Shikoku's Yodo Line, and is 53.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Wakai.
  
  ## Layout
  
  The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. One platform is connected to a station building which is unstaffed and serves as a waiting room. An overhead bridge leads across the tracks to the other platform which has a passenger shelter.
  
  * View of the overhead bridge linking the two platforms.
  * View of the entrance to the station building.
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | « | Service | » | » |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | JR Shikoku |||||
  | Yodo Line |||||
  | Matsuchi | Matsuchi | - | Matsumaru | Matsumaru |
  
  ## History
  
  The station opened on 12 December 1923 when a narrow gauge line owned by the Uwajima Railway (宇和島鉄道) from Uwajima to Chikanaga was extended. The station became the new terminus and was given the name Yoshino Station (吉野駅, Yoshinobu-eki). With the nationalization of Uwajima Railway on 1 August 1933, the station came under the control of Japanese Government Railways (JGR), later corporatised as Japan National Railways (JNR) and was renamed Yoshinobu Station (吉野生駅, Yoshinobu-eki). On 26 March 1953, it became a through-station when the line was extended to Ekawasaki.With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control passed to JR Shikoku.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * former Yoshinobu town hall
  * Hiromi River
  