Minami-Iwakuni

Weekday departures: 55/day · Sat & holiday departures: 55/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:06 / 23:02

Busiest hour: 18:00–19:00 (6)

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: Iwakuni ⇄ Fuju

Minami-Iwakuni Station opened on 20 June 1952 as a new through-station on the Japanese National Railways San'yō Main Line between Iwakuni and Fujū. Tōyōbō, the textile company whose Iwakuni works was served by an adjoining private siding, contributed a large share of construction costs; that siding remained in use until freight handling at the station was withdrawn on 1 October 1982. Parcel handling ended on 14 March 1985. With the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR West, which opened a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office in November 1992. ICOCA acceptance was added on 1 September 2007.

The textile firm Tōyōbō paid a sizeable share of the original construction costs because its Iwakuni works was connected to the station by a private siding that operated for thirty years.