Kure Station

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	Kure Station
	呉駅
Location
1-16, Takara-machi, Kure, Hiroshima
Opened
1903
JR Lines
█ Kure Line
Platforms
1 side platform 1 island platforms

Kure Station (呉駅, Kure Eki^?) is a JR West railway station on Kure Line, located in Takara-machi, Kure, Hiroshima, Japan.

Contents 1 History 2 Station 2.1 Platforms 3 Connecting lines 3.1 JR 4 Connecting bus routes 4.1 Hiroden Bus 4.2 Chugoku JR Bus 4.3 Kure City Bus 5 Around the station 6 External links

[edit] History

• Opened as a station of the Japan National Railways on December 27, 1903
• Lent to the Sanyo Railway on December 1, 1904.
• Sanyo Railway was nationalized on December 1, 1906.
• Started the reconstruction of the station on April 9, 1922.
• Completed the reconstruction and started the operation on August 13, 1923.
• Completely destroyed by fire in the Kure Air Raid on July 2, 1945.
• Started the construction of the new building of the station in December 1945.
• Finished the construction on April 30, 1946.
• Held the opening ceremony on May 6, 1946.
• Started the operation on May 7, 1946.
• Opened the current station building on July 7, 1981.
• Stopped the cargo service on November 1, 1986.
• Privatized on April 1, 1987.
• Redecorated the station building and named the building as "CREST" in 1997.

[edit] Station

[edit] Platforms

Pratform

1	█ Kure Line（upper）	to Hiro • Takehara • Mihara
2	█ Kure Line（lower）	to Kaitaichi • Hiroshima
3	█ Kure Line（upper）	to Hiro • Takehara • Mihara
	█ Kure Line（lower）	to Kaitaich • Hiroshima

[edit] Connecting lines

[edit] JR

█ Kure Line

Akiji Liner Express

Akiyaga Station — Kure Station — Saka Station

Commuter Liner Express

Akiyaga Station — Kure Station — Yano Station

Local

Akiyaga Station — Kure Station — Kawaraishi Station

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Hiroden Bus

[edit] Chugoku JR Bus

[edit] Kure City Bus

[edit] Around the station

• Kure SOGO
• Yumetown Kure
• Babcock-Hitachi K.K
• Yamato Museum
• Kure Port
• Kure University - Kure Station Campus, Extension Center
• Irifuneyama Park
• Irifuneyama Kinenkan
• Kure City Hall
• Kure City Transportation Bureau
• Kurealine
• Kure Interchange

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) JR West