History
Jina Station was one of the original stations of the Ōigawa Main Line and opened on 16 July 1930 along with the rest of the route. It remained largely unchanged until 24 September 2022, when a typhoon triggered landslides that forced suspension of services through this part of the line. The station retains a single island platform serving two tracks with a level-crossing approach and a small wooden station building. While the station itself is unstaffed, a quasi-commission arrangement with a tobacconist across the street allows tickets to be sold in the village. It lies 22.9 kilometres along the line from its starting point at Kanaya.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
On the platform stands a sign proclaiming the short shroud-like tunnel just north of Jina as "Japan's shortest tunnel". In fact the 8.7-metre Kawajiri Tunnel on the Kure Line is shorter, and the structure at Jina is the remnant of a 1930s freight aerial cableway whose superstructure protected the tracks below.