History
Fukuchiyama-shimin-byōin-guchi Station opened on 16 July 1988 as Atsunaka-Tonya Station (厚中問屋駅), simultaneously with the opening of the Miyafuku Railway (now Kyoto Tango Railway) Miyafuku Line. On 1 April 2015 operations were transferred to WILLER TRAINS as the Kyoto Tango Railway Miyafuku Line, and at the same time the station was renamed Fukuchiyama-shimin-byōin-guchi (Fukuchiyama Municipal Hospital Entrance) Station, after the nearby Fukuchiyama Municipal Hospital. Station number F2.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Fukuchiyama-shimin-byōin-guchi has a single side-platform stop on the right-hand side facing Miyazu, with one track only and no points or absolute signals; it is therefore classified as a halt rather than a station. The parallel JR West Sanin Line runs alongside on the left but has no station here. The stop is unstaffed and has no station building — passengers enter the platform directly; there are no ticket machines. Two exits face Miyazu and Fukuchiyama respectively; the Miyazu-side exit is more solidly built while the Fukuchiyama-side exit, leading to a park behind the station, is simpler. There is a waiting room on the platform and a multi-purpose flush toilet in the park outside the station. The station also carries the nickname 'Atsunaka-Tonya' from its earlier name, assigned by the Fukuchiyama City Rail Use Promotion Council. At eight kanji characters, '福知山市民病院口' ties with Kaminiyashiobaraonsenguchi on the Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line and the Hiraishi Chūō Shōgakkō-mae tram stop on the Utsunomiya Light Rail for the longest all-kanji station name in Japan.