Yokogawa Station

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	Yokogawa Station
	横川駅
Location
3-2, Yokogawa-cho, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima
Opened
1897
JR Lines
█ Sanyō Main Line █ Kabe Line
Platforms
1 side platform 2 island platforms
Hiroden Line Connections
█ Yokogawa Line at
● Hiroden Yokogawa Station

Yokogawa Station (横川駅, Yokogawa Eki^?) is a JR West station located in Yokogawa-cho, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The station services the Sanyō Main Line, Kabe Line and Hiroden Yokogawa Line.

Contents 1 History 2 Station building 2.1 Platforms 2.2 Environs 2.3 Highway access 3 Connecting lines 3.1 JR 3.2 Hiroden 4 Connecting bus routes 4.1 Hiroden Bus 4.2 Hiroshima Bus 4.3 Chugoku JR Bus 5 Around station 6 External links

[edit] History

• 1897-09-25: Yokogawa Station opens as part of the Sanyō Railway
• 1906-12-01: Yokogawa Station is nationalized as part of Japanese National Railways
• 1909-12-19: The Hiroshima branch of the Imperial Railroad (the predecessor of the Kabe Line) opens Rōchō Station, which later became Yokogawa Station
• 1917-11-01: Hiroshima Gasudenki Yokogawa Tram Stop opens
• 1928-11-09: Hiroshima Denki Kabe Line Yokogawa Station moved
• 1962-10-01: JR Kabe Line Yokogawa Station moved. The rail line had to be moved due to the construction of the drainage system for the Ōta River
• 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Yokogawa Station becomes a JR West station
• 2001-11-01: The name of the Hiroden Yokogawa Tram Stop is changed to Yokogawa Tram Stop
• 2003-03-27: Construction on the current Yokogawa Tram Stop is completed
• 2003-08-23: Construction on the new Yokogawa Station building is completed
• 2007: Yokogawa Station will begin using automated ticket gates

[edit] Station building

Yokogawa Station features three platform capable of handling five lines simultaneously, as well as the Yokogawa Station Tram Stop located directly south of the main station building. The tram stop features a large roof covering the stop in order to provide shelter from the rain and shade from the sun. The roof extends to the main Yokogawa Station building. The first omnibus used in Japan is housed in a museum-like display at the station (see photos on right). The station formerly had tram tracks between platforms 2/3 and 4/5, but these have since been removed.

[edit] Platforms

The platform for the Hiroden Yokogawa Tram Stop is located directly outside the south entrance to the main station building.

1	█ Sanyō Main Line	to Miyajimaguchi • Iwakuni • Tokuyama
2	█ Sanyō Main Line	side track (currently unused)
3	█ Sanyō Main Line	to Hiroshima • Saijō • Mihara • connection to Kure Line
4	█ Kabe Line	to Ōmachi • Midorii • Kabe
5	█ Kabe Line	to Hiroshima

[edit] Environs

• Hiroshima Yokogawa Post Office
• Ōta River (太田川)

[edit] Highway access

• Japan National Route 54
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 84 (Higashi Kaita-Hiroshima Route)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 277 (Furuichi-Hiroshima Route)

[edit] Connecting lines

[edit] JR

█ Sanyō Main Line

City Liner / Commuter Liner / Local

Hiroshima Station — Yokogawa Station — Nishi-Hiroshima Station

█ Kabe Line

Commuter Liner

Hiroshima Station — Yokogawa Station — Aki-Nagatsuka Station

Local

Hiroshima Station — Yokogawa Station — Mitaki Station

[edit] Hiroden

█ Yokogawa Line

Line #7 and #8

Yokogawa 1-chome — Yokogawa Station

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Hiroden Bus

[edit] Hiroshima Bus

[edit] Chugoku JR Bus

[edit] Around station

• FRESTA Yokogawa
• Yokogawa NK Building
• Yokogawa Shotengai
• FUTABA Yokogawa
• Daiso Yokogawa
• Yokogawa Cinema

[edit] External links

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