title: Matsunaga Station
text: # Matsunaga Station
  
  Matsunaga Station (松永駅, Matsunaga-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Matsunaga Station is served by the JR West San'yō Main Line, and is located 212.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of a side platform and an island platform connected to the concrete station building by a footbridge. It has a siding facility in the cutout on the east side of the single platform. The station is unattended.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ X San'yō Main Line | for Fukuyama and Okayama |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ X San'yō Main Line | spare |
  | 3 | ■ X San'yō Main Line | for Onomichi and Mihara |
  
  ## History
  
  Matsunaga Station was opened on 3 November 1891. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4801 passengers daily.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Fukuyama University
  * Hiroshima Prefectural Matsunaga High School
  