Hiroshima Station

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	Hiroshima Station
	広島駅
Location
2-37, Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Opened
1894
JR Lines
█ Sanyō Shinkansen █ Sanyō Main Line █ Kure Line █ Kabe Line █ Geibi Line
Platforms
1 side platform 5 island platforms
Hiroden Line Connections
█ Main Line at
● Hiroden Hiroshima Station

Hiroshima Station (広島駅, Hiroshima Eki^?) is a JR West railway station located in Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Hiroshima Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all Sanyō Shinkansen trains stop here.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Future plans 2 Station 2.1 Platforms 3 Connecting lines 3.1 JR 3.2 Hiroden 4 Connecting bus routes 4.1 Chugoku JR Bus 4.2 Hiroden Bus 4.3 Hiroshima Bus 4.4 Geiyo Bus 4.5 Hiroshima Kotsu 5 Highway access 6 Around station 6.1 South 6.2 North 7 External links

[edit] History

• Opened as a station of the Sanyo Railway and started both passenger and cargo train services between Itozaki Station on June 10, 1894.
• Opened the train services between Tokuyama Station on September 25, 1897.
• Nationalized as the station of the Japan National Railways on December 1, 1906.
• Opened Hiroden "Hon'ekimae", a stop in front of Hiroshima Station on November 23, 1912.
• Destroyed the station building in the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945.
• The Hiroden stop in front of the Hiroshima Station is renamed "Hiroshima Ekimae" on March 30, 1960.
• Completed the current station building and called "Hiroshima Minsyu Eki" (Hiroshima the people's Station" in December 1965.
• Handed over the cargo train services to the new station "Higashi Hiroshima Station" (current Hiroshima Freight Terminal Station) on March 1, 1969.
• Stopped the passenger train services on Ujina Line on March 31, 1972.
• Started the train services on the Sanyō Shinkansen and renamed the north entrance as the "Shinkansen Entrance" on March 10, 1975.
• Privatized and started opecation as a station of the JR West on April 1, 1987.
• Redecorated the south entrance and named the building as "ASSE" in April 1999.
• The Hiroden stop in front of Hiroshima Station is renamed "Hiroshima Station Tram Stop" on November 1, 2001.
• The Hiroshima Station Shinkansen entrance begins using automated ticket gates on February 27, 2005.

[edit] Future plans

• Spring 2007: All station entrances will begin using automated ticket gates
• Summer 2007: The ICOCA card will begin use at Hiroshima Station and all stations within the Hiroshima City Network

[edit] Station

Hiroshima Station features two main entrances: the north—or Shinkansen—entrance, and the south entrance. Until the 1975 opening of the Shinkansen service, the Shinkansen entrance was called the "north entrance," and many local residents, newspapers, and real estate advertisements continue to refer to it as the "north entrance."

A pedestrian tunnel connects the area in front of the Shinkansen entrance to an underground plaza underneath the south entrance to Hiroshima Station. The tunnel includes many gift shops and restaurants, as well as two exits to Fukuya, one to the Hiroshima Station Tram Stop, one in front of the Hiroshima Higashi Post Office, and one directly in front of the south entrance to Hiroshima Station.

Elevator and escalator access is available for several of the entrances. Events are sometimes held in the large area of the underground plaza in front of the entrance to Fukuya.

[edit] Platforms

The Shinkansen has two island platforms which can handle a total of four lines. And the non-Shinkansen lines use three island platforms and one side platform capable of handling 8 lines simultaneously.

1 • 2	█ Sanyō Main Line（lower）	to Miyajimaguchi • Iwakuni • Tokuyama
	█ Kabe Line	to Ōmachi • Midorii • Kabe
3 • 4	█ Kure Line	to Kure • Hiro • Takehara
	█ Kabe Line	to Ōmachi • Midorii • Kabe
	█ Sanyō Main Line（lower）	to Miyajimaguchi • Iwakuni • Tokuyama
	█ Sanyō Main Line（upper）	to Saijō • Mihara • Fukuyama
5 • 7	█ Sanyō Main Line（upper）	to Saijō • Mihara • Fukuyama
	█ Kure Line	to Kure • Hiro • Takehara
8 • 9	█ Geibi Line	to Shiwaguchi • Miyoshi
11 • 12	█ Sanyō Shinkansen（lower）	to Shin Yamaguchi • Hakata
13 • 14	█ Sanyō Shinkansen（upper）	to Okayama • Shin-Osaka • Tokyo
0	used be a platform for the Ujina Line
6	a line without the platform to change train cars and locomotives
10	used be a platform for the cargo train services

[edit] Connecting lines

[edit] JR

█ Sanyō Shinkansen

Higashi-Hiroshima Station — Hiroshima Station — Shin-Iwakuni Station

█ Sanyō Main Line

City Liner Express

Seno Station — Hiroshima Station — Yokogawa Station

Commuter Liner Express

Hachihonmatsu Station — Hiroshima Station

Hiroshima Station — Yokogawa Station

Local

Tenjingawa Station — Hiroshima Station — Yokogawa Station

Note: The Hiroshima Freight Terminal Station is located between Tenjingawa and Hiroshima Stations.

█ Kure Line

Akiro Liner Express • Local

Tenjingawa Station — Hiroshima Station

Commuter Liner Express

Yano Station — Hiroshima Station

█ Kabe Line

Commuter Liner Express • Local

Hiroshima Station — Yokogawa Station

█ Geibi Line

Commuter Liner Express

Shimofukawa Station — Hiroshima Station

Miyoshi Liner Express • Local

Yaga Station — Hiroshima Station

[edit] Hiroden

█ Main Line

Line #1, #2, #5 and #6

Hiroshima Station — Enkobashi-cho

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Chugoku JR Bus

Chugoku JR bus services are operated between Hiroshima Station at the "Shinkansen entrance" (North side) and next stations via Hiroshima Bus Center.

• Tokyo Station "Yaesu entrance"
• Yokohama Station
• Nagoya Station and Sakae Bus Terminal
• Kyoto Station "Karasumasu entrance"
• Osaka Station "Sakurabashi entrance" and USJ
• Nanba Station, Tennoji Station and USJ
• Takamatsu Station
• Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus

[edit] Hiroden Bus

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).

• Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus

Other bus services are operated from "Shinkansen entrance" and "Minami entrance" (South side).

[edit] Hiroshima Bus

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).

• Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus

Other bus services are operated from "Minami entrance" (South side).

[edit] Geiyo Bus

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).

• Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus

Other bus services are operated from "Minami entrance" (South side).

• Tadanoumi Station, Onori Station, Takehara Station
• Mihara Station
• Saijo Station

[edit] Hiroshima Kotsu

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).

• Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus

Other bus services are operated from "Minami entrance" (South side).

[edit] Highway access

• Japan National Route 54
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 37 (Hiroshima-Miyoshi Route)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 70 (Hiroshima-Nakashima Route)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 84 (Higashi Kaita Hiroshima Route)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 164 (Hiroshima-Kaita Route)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 264 (Nakayama-Onaga Route)

[edit] Around station

[edit] South

• ASSE - the station building
• Yale Yale A-kan - Fukuya Hiroshima Ekimae Store
• Hiroshima Higashi Post Office - formerly known as "Hiroshima Chūō Post Office"
• Aiyu-ichiba
• FUTABA Books - GIGA Hiroshima Ekimae Store
• Hiroshima City Noboricho Junior High School - Sadako Sasaki was enrolled here

[edit] North

• HOTEL GRANVIA HIROSHIMA
• Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway
• West Japan Railway Hiroshima Office
• Hiroshima Higashi Ward Office
• Hiroshima City Higashi Ward Library
• Onaga Elementary School
• Futaba junior high school
• Setouchi High School

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) JR West