Furuichibashi Station

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Furuichibashi Station (古市橋駅, Furuichibashi Eki^?) is a JR West Kabe Line station located in 3-chōme, Furuichi, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

Contents 1 History 2 Station building 2.1 Environs 2.2 Highway access 3 Connecting lines 4 External links

[edit] History

• 1909-11-19: Furuichibashi Station opens
• 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Furuichibashi Station becomes a JR West station

[edit] Station building

Furuichibashi Station features two facing platform capable of handling two lines simultaneously.

[edit] Environs

• Asaminami Ward Office
• Hiroshima Furuichi Post Office
• Hiroshima Municipal Furuichi Elementary School
• Hiroshima Municipal Ōmachi Elementary School
• Hiroshima Municipal Gion Kita High School
• Hiroshima Bank
• Iyo Bank
• Momiji Bank

• Hesaka Station, on the JR West Geibi Line

[edit] Highway access

• Japan National Route 54
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 38 (Hiroshima-Toyohira Route)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 277 (Furuichi-Hiroshima Route)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 459 (Yaguchi-Yasufuruichi Route)

[edit] Connecting lines

Kabe Line

Shimo-Gion Station — Furuichibashi Station — Ōmachi Station

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) JR West
• (Japanese) Google Maps