Shiomachi Station
Shiomachi Station 塩町駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Shiomachi Station, January 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2183 Shiomachi-chō, Miyoshi-shi, Hiroshima-ken 729-6205 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°46′27.91″N 132°54′50.01″E / 34.7744194°N 132.9138917°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by |  West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 83.2 km (51.7 miles) from Bitchū-Kōjiro | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 22 April 1930 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Takō (to 1934) | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 137 | |||||||||||||||
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Shiomachi Station (塩町駅, Shiomachi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] This station should not be confused with other stations of similar-sounding name on the Geibi Line: Shimowachi, Shiwachi, and Shiwaguchi.
Lines
[edit]Shiomachi Station is served by the JR West Geibi Line, and is located 83.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Bitchū-Kōjiro and 89.6 kilometers from Niimi.[2] It is also the nominal terminal of the 78.0 kilometer Fukuen Line from Fukuyama, although most trains continue past Shiomachi using the Geibi Line tracks to terminate at Miyoshi.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ P Geibi Line | for Bingo-Shōbara and Bingo-Ochiai |
| ■ Z Fukuen Line | for Jōge and Fuchū | |
| 2 | ■ P Geibi Line | for Miyoshi |
| ■ Z Fukuen Line | for Miyoshi |
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one island platform connected to a wooden station building by an underground passage. The station building is used as the office of a local taxi company, but the railway portion of the building is unattended.[2]
History
[edit]Shiomachi Station was opened on 22 April 1930 as Takō Station (田幸) on the Geibi Railway. The Geibi Railway was nationalized and becomes part of the Shōbara Line on 1 June 1933. The station was renamed on 1 January 1934. Until this time, the present Kamisugi Station had been known as Shiomachi Station. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 137 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Miyoshi Factory (manufacturing automobile parts)
- Miyoshi Municipal Shiomachi Junior High School
- Hiroshima Prefectural Miyoshi Seiryo High School
- Japan National Route 184
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.
- ^ a b Ishino, Satoshi (1998). Teishajo (in Japanese). Japan Travel Bureau. p. 266. ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.
- ^ 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 Shiomachi Station at Wikimedia Commons
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