Hatsukaichi Station | |
Native Name: | 廿日市駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 1 Ekimae, Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken 738-0011 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | Sanyō Main Line |
Distance: | 320.2km (199miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Connections: | Miyajima Line at Hiroden-hatsukaichi Station |
Structure: | Elevated |
Code: | JR-R08 |
Accessible: | Yes |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Passengers: | 4064 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Hiroshima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Hatsukaichi Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
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 is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 320.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The 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.
Hatsukaichi 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).
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4064 passengers daily.[2]
Sanyo-joshidai-mae — Hiroden-hatsukaichi — Hatsukaichi-shiyakusyo-mae