Shiwachi Station | |
Native Name: | 志和地駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 710-1 Shimoshiwachi-chō, Miyoshi-shi, Hiroshima-ken 729-6331 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | Geibi Line |
Distance: | 99.6km (61.9miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Accessible: | Yes |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 33 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Hiroshima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shiwachi Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
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, Shiomachi, and Shiwaguchi.
Shiwachi Station is served by the JR West Geibi Line, and is located 99.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and 9.3 kilometers from . [2]
The station consists of one island platform connected to an old wooden building with a tile roof by a level crossing. The station is unattended. Tickets could be purchased at a shop in front of the station. This station was staffed until 2018.
Shiwachi Station was opened on 28 April 1915. 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 33 passengers daily.[3]