Kuba Station (玖波駅, Kuba-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtake, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Kuba Station 玖波駅 | ||||||||||||||
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 Kuba Station in May 2012 | ||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2 Chome-1-1 Kuba, Ōtake-shi, Hiroshima-ken 739-0651 Japan | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°15′17.95″N 132°13′40.53″E / 34.2549861°N 132.2279250°E | |||||||||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||
| Line(s) | R Sanyō Main Line | |||||||||||||
| Distance | 336.4 km (209.0 miles) from Kobe | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||
| Station code | JR-R13 | |||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 September 1897 | |||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 1700 | |||||||||||||
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Lines
editKuba Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 336.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe.
Station layout
editThe station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ R Sanyō Main Line | for Iwakuni and Tokuyama |
| 2 | ■ R Sanyō Main Line | for Miyajimaguchi and Hiroshima |
History
editKuba Station was opened on 25 September 1897 as a passenger and freight station on the San'yo Railway with the opening of the line from Hiroshima to Tokuyama. The line was nationalized in 1906 and became the San'yo Main Line in 1909. Freight operations were abandoned in 1962. 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 1700 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
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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
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