Shibayama Station

{{short description|Railway station in Kami, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Shibayama Station

| native_name = 柴山駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = 山陰本線「柴山駅」駅舎（2020年4月）.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Shibayama Station, April 2020

| other_name =

| address = Kasumiku Uragami, Kami-machi, Mikata-gun, Hyōgo-ken 669-6431

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|35.6464|N|134.6637|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}}

| owned = 16px West Japan Railway Company

| operator = 16px West Japan Railway Company

| line = 15px San'in Main Line

| distance = {{convert|175.7|km|mile|abbr=on}} from {{STN|Kyoto|x}}

| platforms = 1 side platform

| connections = {{Plainlist|

Bus stop

}}

| structure =

| code =

| status = Unstaffed

| website = {{Official|1=http://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0630734}}

| opened = {{Start date|1947|06|26|df=y}}

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 89 daily

| pass_year = FY2019

| map_type = Japan Hyogo Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Shibayama Station

| services =

}}

{{Nihongo|Shibayama Station|柴山駅|Shibayama-eki}} is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kami, Mikata District, Hyōgo, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Shibayama Station is served by the San'in Main Line, and is located 175.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at {{STN|Kyoto|x}}.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

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{{J-rserv|service=Local|previous={{STN|Satsu|x}}|next={{STN|Kasumi|x}}|col=gray}}

History

Shibayama Station opened within Kuchisazu village on June 26, 1947. A second platform was opened on October 1, 1965. Freight operations were discontinued in 1971 and luggage handing in 1984. The station became unmanned on October 1, 1984. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company. Platform 1 was closed on March 3, 2001 and the station building was demolished in November 2018, with present concrete structure completed in January 2020.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 89 passengers daily.{{cite web|url=https://www.town.mikata-kami.lg.jp/www/contents/1112674599328/files/2020kami_toukei.pdf|script-title=ja:令和2年版豊岡市統計書 |trans-title= Kami Towb Statistical Yearbook|year= 2019|publisher= Kami Town|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 11 August 2021}}