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Shiomachi Station building.
The junction of the Geibi and Fukuen Lines near Shiomachi Station.
Shiomachi Station (塩町駅, Shiomachi Eki?) is a JR West Geibi and Fukuen Line station located in Wachi-chō, Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. This station should not be confused with other stations of similar-sounding name on the Geibi Line: Shimowachi, Shiwachi, and Shiwaguchi.
[edit] History
- 1930-04-22: Takō Station opens as part of the Geibi Railway.
- 1933-06-01: The Geibi Railway is nationalized and becomes part of the Shōbara Line
- 1934-01-01: The station name is changed to Shiomachi Station. Until this time, the present Kamisugi Station had been known as Shiomachi Station
- 1987-04-01: Japan National Railways is privatized, and Shiomachi Station becomes a JR West station
[edit] Station building and platform
Shiomachi Station features one raised platform and an island platform, connected by an underground access tunnel completed in 1984. A taxi company located in front of the station sells train tickets via an automated ticket vending machine as well as other goods. The station building features old-style wooden shingles. The station features a kumitorishiki benjo (basically an "indoor outhouse" attached to the building).
- Platform 1: Geibi Line (toward Bingo Shōbara Station), Fukuen Line (toward Fuchū Station)
- Platform 2: Geibi Line (toward Miyoshi Station)
[edit] Environs
- Shiomachi Post Office
- Basen River
- Miyoshi Municipal Shiomachi Junior High
- Miyoshi Seiryō High School
[edit] Highway access
- Japan National Route 184
- Hiroshima Prefectural Route 225 (Shiomachi Taishajō Route)
- Hiroshima Prefectural Route 430 (Itoi Shiomachi Route)
- Hiroshima Prefectural Route 431 (Wachi Shiomachi Route)
[edit] Connecting lines
All lines are JR West lines. All Fukuen Line trains continue on to Miyoshi Station.
- Geibi Line
- Shimowachi Station — Shiomachi Station — Kamisugi Station
- Fukuen Line
- Mirasaka Station — Shiomachi Station — Kamisugi Station
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 34°46′27.9″N, 132°54′50.4″E
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Stations of the JR West Fukuen Line |
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Fukuyama - Bingo Honjō - Yokoo - Kannabe - Yudamura - Michinoue - Managura - Ekiya - Chikata - Tode - Kami Tode - Shin'ichi - Takagi - Ukai - Fuchū - Shimokawabe - Nakahata - Kawasa - Bingo Mikawa - Bingo Yano - Jōge - Kōnu - Kajita - Bingo Yasuda - Kisa - Mirasaka - Shiomachi - Kamisugi - Yatsugi - Miyoshi
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