History
Kinuyama Station opened on 1 November 1927 on the Iyo Railway Takahama Line in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. Double-tracking of the Takahama Line was completed on 8 July 1931, then reverted to single track on 21 February 1945 because of wartime metal shortages. Re-doubling reached the section between Kinuyama and Furumachi on 26 December 1957, with the Mitsu-Kinuyama segment following on 16 July 1964. On 21 August 1995 the station building was relocated about 100 m towards Takahama as part of an elevation project, and the Kinuyama-Furumachi viaduct opened in October 1998. The station is staffed and designated together with Mitsu and Furumachi as one of the line's interchange-and-transfer hubs.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-24.
Notes
Kinuyama is a staffed island-platform station serving 18-metre, three-car trains. Because its ticket gate sits at the end of the platform, every traveller leaving the station must cross the level crossing on foot.