Takehara Station | |
Native Name: | 竹原駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 1-chōme-1 Chuo, Takehara-shi, Hiroshima-ken 725-0026 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | Kure Line |
Distance: | 25.3km (15.7miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | Ground level |
Code: | JR-Y25[1] |
Accessible: | Yes |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 792 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Hiroshima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Takehara Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[2] Takehara Station is mentioned in the slice-of-life anime series Tamayura.[3]
Takehara Station is served by the JR West Kure Line, and is located 25.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of one ground-level island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Tadanouchi Station was opened on 10 July 1932. 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 792 passengers daily.[4]