Kure Station

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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

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

Connecting lines

JR

Adjacent stations

« Service »
JR West
Kure Line
Terminus   Rapid Service   Yano
Terminus   Rapid Akiji Liner   Saka
Akiaga   Local   Kawaraishi

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

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

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