Hatsukaichi Station (廿日市駅, Hatsukaichi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Hatsukaichi Station 廿日市駅 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hatsukaichi Station, September 2006 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1 Ekimae, Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken 738-0011 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°21′28.21″N 132°20′8.37″E / 34.3578361°N 132.3356583°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | R Sanyō Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 320.2 km (199.0 miles) from Kobe | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Miyajima Line at Hiroden-hatsukaichi Station | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||
| Station code | JR-R08 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 25 September 1897 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 4064 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Lines
editHatsukaichi Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 320.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe.
Station layout
editThe station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms, connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Although the station building is steel-framed, the interior and exterior design is conscious of the town of woodwork, which is a rare design for station buildings in the suburbs of Hiroshima.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ R Sanyō Main Line | for Miyajimaguchi and Iwakuni |
| 2 | ■ R Sanyō Main Line | for Hiroshima and Mihara |
History
editHatsukaichi Station was on 25 September 1897 on the San'yo Railway, with the opening of the line extension from Hiroshima to Tokuyama. The line was nationalized in 1906 and became the San'yo Main Line in 1909. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4064 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
edit- Sanyo Women's Junior College
- Sanyo Jogakuen Junior and Senior High School
- Hiroshima Prefectural Hatsukaichi High School
- Hatsukaichi Tenmangu Shrine
- Hiroden-hatsukaichi Station is located to the south from JR Hatsukaichi Station, 3 minutes walk from the station.
Hiroden
edit- █ Miyajima Line
- Line #2
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第6巻 広島東部・呉エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 6 east Hiroshima/Kure Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020
External links
edit
Media related to Hatsukaichi Station at Wikimedia Commons
 | This Hiroshima Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |