Funaoka (Kyoto)

History

Funaoka Station opened on 10 October 1953 on the San'in Main Line in what is now Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, between Sonobe and Tonoda (today's Hiyoshi). Passenger service has been the only function from the outset. With the dissolution of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR West, and on 1 April 1991 it came under the new Maizuru Railway District; that district was disbanded in 2006 and the station shifted to Nishi-Maizuru's jurisdiction, then to Ayabe and from 1 June 2022 to Fukuchiyama. ICOCA IC-card use began on 13 March 2021. Funaoka has no station building — passengers reach the single island platform directly.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.

Notes

Although Funaoka has only a single island platform and no station building, it retains full passing-loop capability and operates as a one-line-through station — the line's signalling defaults to platform 2 unless a meet is required.