Mihara Station | |
Native Name: | 三原駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 1-1-1 Shiromachi, Mihara-shi, Hiroshima-ken 723-0014 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 233.3km (145miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side + 2 island platforms |
Tracks: |
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Structure: | Elevated |
Code: | JR-G16, JR-Y31, JR-X20 |
Accessible: | Yes |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Passengers: | 6230 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Hiroshima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Mihara Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight)
Mihara Station is served by the Sanyō Shinkansen and is 245.6 kilometers from and 761.0 kilometers from . It is also JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 233.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . Mihara Station is also the eastern terminus of the 93.4 kilometer Kure Line to .
The station consists of two elevated side platforms for Shinkansen services and two elevated island platforms for conventional lines. There is only one ticket gate for conventional lines on the first floor of the station building, and there is no ticket gate dedicated to Shinkansen. When using the Shinkansen, it is necessary to pass through the transfer gates, and enter the conventional line concourse. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. A Shinkansen track maintenance section has been set up near the outbound tracks of this station.
Itozaki Station was opened as the terminus of the Sanyō Railway on10 June 1894 when the line was extended to Hiroshima Station. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6203 passengers daily.[2]