Onuka Station

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Onuka Station (小奴可駅, Onuka Eki^?) is a JR West Geibi Line station located in Onuka, Tōjō-chō, Shōbara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Onuka Station is a kantaku station.

Contents 1 History 2 Station building, platform and environs 2.1 Highway access 3 Connecting lines 4 External links

[edit] History

• 1935-12-20: Onuka Station opens as the terminal station on the Sanshin Line (now the Geibi Line) between Tōjō Station and Onuka Station
• 1936-10-10: Onuka Station becomes a midway stop between Tōjō Station and Bingo Ochiai Station
• 1987-04-01: Japan National Railways is privatized, and Uchina Station becomes a JR West station

[edit] Station building, platform and environs

Onuka Station features one platform. Two platforms used to be in operation, handling two lines, but after one of the lines ceased operation, the second platform stopped being used.

Shōbara's Onuka Elementary School is located nearby.

[edit] Highway access

• Japan National Route 314
• Route 236 (Onuka Teishajō Route)
• Route 448 (Shimochidori Onuka Teishajō Route)

[edit] Connecting lines

All lines are JR West lines.

Geibi Line

Uchina Station — Onuka Station — Dōgoyama Station

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) JR West