Yamanouchi Station (Hiroshima)
Yamanouchi Station 山ノ内駅 | |||||||||||
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 Yamanouchi Station in August 2002 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Yamanouchi-chō, Shōbara-shi, Hiroshima-ken 729-6131 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°49′47.76″N 132°57′28.17″E / 34.8299333°N 132.9578250°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR West | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | P Geibi Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 75.2 km (46.7 miles) from Bitchū-Kōjiro | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 September 1924 | ||||||||||
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| 2019 | 1 daily | ||||||||||
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Yamanouchi Station (山ノ内駅, Yamanouchi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Yamanouchi-chō, in the city of Shōbara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Lines
[edit]Yamanouchi Station is served by the Geibi Line, and is located 75.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Bitchū-Kōjiro and 81.6 kilometers from Niimi.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building and the station is unattended. It used to have an island platform and two tracks, but the track on the station building side (the former inbound track) was removed, and the current bus stop structure is in place.
History
[edit]Yamanouchi Station was opened on September 20, 1924 as a station on the Geibi Railway. The line was nationalized on June 1, 1933 and became part of the Shōbara Line. It became part of JR West on April 1, 1987 when Japan National Railways was privatized.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 36 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Shobara Municipal Yamanouchi Elementary School
- Kabutoyama Castle ruins
- Japan National Route 183
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi 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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Media related to Yamanouchi Station (Hiroshima) at Wikimedia Commons
- Yamanouchi Station from JR-Odekake.net (in Japanese)
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