Kottoi Station
Kottoi Station 特牛駅 | |||||||||||
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Kottoi Station in October 2022 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 264-2, Hōhoku-chō Kanda Obagasako, Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 759-5331 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°18′21″N 130°55′08″E / 34.305877°N 130.918972°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | San'in Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 631.1 km (392.1 miles) from Kyoto | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 9 September 1928 | ||||||||||
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| FY2020 | 7 daily | ||||||||||
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Kottoi Station (特牛駅, Kottoi-eki) is a railway station located in the Hōhoku area of the city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). People who disembark at Kottoi Station can take a 20-minute bus ride to Tsunoshima via the Tsunoshima Bridge, a 1,780-metre-long (5,840 ft) bridge that joins Tsunoshima to the mainland at Hōhoku Town. It was the longest toll free bridge in Japan when it was completed on November 3, 2000.