Mukaibara

Weekday departures: 35/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 35/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:47 / 22:09

Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (4)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Yosan Line: one direction only
• Yosan Line: timetable covers only part of the line

• Yosan Line: Iyoshi ⇄ Iyo-Ohira ⇄ Konokawa

Mukaibara Station opened on 1 October 1963 as a stop on the existing Yosan Line under Japanese National Railways, in the city of Iyo in Ehime Prefecture. On 3 March 1986 the station was rebuilt on an elevated alignment about 100 metres closer to Iyoshi, and the new Uchiko branch line opened, making Mukaibara the official junction between the original coastal route and the inland Uchiko route. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987 control passed to JR Shikoku. The station holds dual numbers S06 and U06; only local trains stop, with branches diverging westwards.

Although Mukaibara is the official junction, only a single crossover lies west of the platform, leaving the station functionally a one-track stop where branch trains diverge further down the line.