Iwata (Yamaguchi)

Weekday departures: 51/day · Sat & holiday departures: 51/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:03 / 23:12

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (5)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• JR Sanyo Main Line: Shimata ⇄ Tabuse

Iwata Station opened on 5 June 1899 as an infill stop between Tabuse and Shimada on the San'yō Railway, in what is now Iwata, Hikari City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The San'yō Railway was nationalised in 1906 and the line became the Sanyō Main Line in 1909. The current station building was completed on 31 March 1937. In 1934 the line was briefly reclassified as the Yanai Line when the new Iwakuni - Kushigahama route opened, then returned to the Sanyō Main Line in 1944. Freight ended in 1962 and parcels in 1984. JR West took over at the 1987 privatisation, the station was contracted out from 1996, and locally contracted to Yamato (later Hikari City) from 2004. ICOCA service began on 12 March 2022 and the station was destaffed from 1 October 2022.

The 1937 station building remains in service, while one side of the island platform — the middle track, platform 2 — is no longer used.