Station

Masaki (Ehime)

松前

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Masaki (Ehime)
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Timetable information

Departure data for this station is not available on this site.

Location

History

Masaki Station opened on 4 July 1896 as a stop on the South Iyo Railway, which became the Iyo Railway Gunchū Line on 1 May 1900 when South Iyo merged into Iyotetsu. The station is directly staffed by Iyotetsu and remains a key node on the line — together with Yōgo it is designated a transit-interchange and serves as the layover point for short-turn services. The present station building may date back to the 1896 South Iyo opening, but no records survive to confirm this.

Notes

Masaki was historically a fishing village, and "otata-san" — itinerant fishwives — would board at Masaki Station with seafood carried on shoulder-poles to sell in the castle town of Matsuyama.

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