Imabari Station

Imabari Station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 144.9 km from the beginning of the line at {{STN|Takamatsu|x|Kagawa}}. Yosan Line local trains which stop at the station only serve the sector between {{STN|Iyo-Saijō|x}} and {{STN|Matsuyama|x|Ehime}}. Connections with other local or limited express trains are needed to travel further east or west along the line.

In addition, the following JR Shikoku limited express services also serve the station:{{cite web|url=http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/01_trainbus/jikoku/pdf/imabari.pdf|title=Imabari Station Timetable|publisher=JR Shikoku|access-date=6 January 2018}}

• Shiokaze - from {{STN|Okayama|x}} to {{STN|Matsuyama|x|Ehime}} and {{STN|Uwajima|x}}
• Ishizuchi - from {{STN|Matsuyama|x|Ehime}} to {{STN|Takamatsu|x|Kagawa}} and {{STN|Uwajima|x}}
• Midnight Express Matsuyama - in one direction only, from {{STN|Matsuyama|x|Ehime}} to {{STN|Niihama|x}}
• Morning Express Matsuyama - in one direction only, from {{STN|Niihama|x}} to {{STN|Matsuyama|x|Ehime}}

The station consists of an island platform and a side platform serving three elevated tracks. The station building houses a waiting room, shops, a bakery, a JR Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and a JR Travel Centre (Warp Plaza). The platforms are located on the third level. Passengers may cross from the side to the island platform and vice versa through a passage on the second level served by elevators and escalators. Bicycle rental is available at the station. Car parking and car rental is available just outside the station building.{{cite web|url=http://hacchi-no-he.net/line/yosan/station/0400_imabari.htm|title=今治|trans-title=Imabari|access-date=6 January 2018|website=hacchi-no-he.net}}{{cite web|url=https://www.shikoku.org.uk/JR/LINE/yosan/IMABARI.htm|title=今治駅|trans-title=Imabari Station|access-date=6 January 2018|website=shikoku.org.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sanyukai.sakura.ne.jp/imabarieki.html|title=今治|trans-title=Imabari|access-date=6 January 2018|website=sanyukai.sakura.ne.jp}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/01_trainbus/kakueki/imabari/|title=今治駅|trans-title=Imabari|access-date=6 January 2018|website=JR Shikoku Official Station Website}}{{Cite book|last=Kawashima|first=Ryōzō|script-title=ja: 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第2巻 四国西部エリア|year=2013 |publisher=Kodansha|isbn=9784062951616|trans-title=Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 2 Western Shikoku|language=ja|pages=12, 67}}

File:JR Imabari Station platform - panoramio (12).jpg|View of the platforms. The yellow column in the distance is the elevator shaft.

File:JR Imabari Station - panoramio (12).jpg|Passageway connecting the platforms.

File:JR Imabari Station ticket gate - panoramio.jpg|Ticket gate.

File:JR Imabari Station - panoramio (8).jpg|Part of the station concourse.

File:JR Imabari Station - panoramio (6).jpg|Taxis outside the station. The bus terminal is just beyond.

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{{J-route|route=JR Limited Express Services|col=lightblue|f=b}}

{{J-rserv|service=Shiokaze|previous={{STN|Nyūgawa|x|Ehime}}|next={{STN|Iyo-Hōjō|x}}}}

{{J-rserv|service=Ishizuchi|previous={{STN|Nyūgawa|x|Ehime}}|next={{STN|Iyo-Hōjō|x}}}}

{{J-rserv|service=Midnight Express Matsuyama|previous={{STN|Iyo-Hōjō|x}}|next={{STN|Nyūgawa|x|Ehime}}}}

{{J-rserv|service=Morning Express Matsuyama|previous={{STN|Nyūgawa|x|Ehime}}|next={{STN|Iyo-Hōjō|x}}}}

{{J-route|route=Yosan Line|col=orange|f=b}}

{{J-rserv|service=Local|previous={{STN|Iyo-Tomita|x}}|next={{STN|Hashihama|x}}|}}

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Imabari Station opened on 11 February 1924 as the terminus of the then Sanyo Line which had been extended westwards from {{STN|Iyo-Sakurai|x}}. It became a through-station on 1 December 1924 when the line was further extended to {{STN|Ōnishi|x}}. At that time the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways, later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.{{Teishajo|II|636-637}}{{Teishajo|I|213-215}}

• Imabari City Hall
• Imabari Meitoku High School
• Ehime Prefectural Imabari Kita High School
• Ehime Prefectural Imabari Nishi High School

• List of railway stations in Japan

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Category:Railway stations in Ehime Prefecture

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