the station , located beneath the intersection of national route 1 and the outer loop expressway , was built to provide access to bus transportation . 国道1号と外環状線の交差点の地下に位置し、バス輸送との連絡のために設けられることが決定した。
since privatization , however , improvement has been made to a certain extent , such as the efforts to strengthen local transportation in the tottori - kurayoshi - yonago - matsue- izumoshi section , which had been dominated by bus transportation . それでも民営化後は、それまでバスの独占状態であった鳥取～倉吉～米子～松江～出雲市のローカル輸送に力を入れるなど、以前に比べれば改善がみられる。
