Kure Station

Kure Station 呉駅
Kure Station
Location
Prefecture	Hiroshima (See other stations in Hiroshima)
City	Kure
Neighborhood etc.	1-16 Takara-machi
History
Year opened	1903
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR West
Line(s)	Kure Line

Kure train station

Kure Station (呉駅, Kure-eki) is a JR West railway station on the Kure Line, located in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan.

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.

Station layout

Platforms

Connecting lines

JR

Adjacent stations

Connecting bus routes

Hiroden Bus

Chugoku JR Bus

Kure City Bus

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

External links

• JR West station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 34°14′41″N 132°33′28″E / 34.244861°N 132.557758°E / 34.244861; 132.557758