Nishi-Hiroshima Station | |
Native Name: | 西広島駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 1-chōme-11 Koihonmachi, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, 733-0812 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.3978°N 132.428°W |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | Sanyō Main Line |
Distance: | 310.7km (193.1miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Structure: | At-grade |
Code: | JR-R04 |
Accessible: | Yes |
Status: | Staffed |
Rebuilt: | 2019–2022 |
Former: | Koi (to 1969) |
Passengers: | 9,399 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Hiroshima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Nishi-Hiroshima Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in Nishi-ku in the city of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] The station connects to Hiroden-itsukaichi Station on the Hiroden Lines.
Nishi-Hiroshima Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 310.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of one ground-level side platform and one island platform connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed.
Nishi-Hiroshima Station was opened on 25 September 1897 as {{nihongo|Koi Station|己斐駅||** on the San'yo Railway, when the line was extended from Hiroshima to Tokuyama. The line was nationalised in 1906 and became the San'yo Main Line in 1909. The station name was changed to "Nishi-Hiroshima Station" in 1969. 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). The new station building started construction in 2019 and was opened for service on 19 December 2022.[2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 9,399 passengers daily.[3]