Fukuyama Station (福山駅, Fukuyama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
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| Location | 30 Sannomaruchō, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima-ken 720-0066 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°29′21.2″N 133°21′41.6″E / 34.489222°N 133.361556°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 791.5 km (491.8 miles) from Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side + 3 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | JR-W14, JR-X14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 September 1891 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | 14,619 daily (boarding only) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editFukuyama Station is served by the San'yō Shinkansen and is 238.6 kilometers from Shin-Osaka and 791.5 km from Tokyo. It is also served by the San'yō Main Line, and is located 201.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe and is the southern terminus of the 85.1 kilometer Fukuen Line to Miyoshi.
Station layout
editThe San'yō Shinkansen has two elevated opposed side platforms on the outer edge, with two tracks in the middle for through trains on the third floor of the station building. Station facilities are located on the second floor, and the conventional lines have a total of three island platforms serving six tracks on the ground level. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■  San'yō Shinkansen
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for Hiroshima, Hakata and Kagoshima-Chūō |
| 2 | ■ San'yō Shinkansen
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for Shin-Osaka and Tokyo |
| 3, 4 | ■ X San'yō Main Line | for Onomichi and Mihara |
| 5, 6 | ■ W San'yō Main Line | for Kurashiki and Okayama |
| 7, 8 | ■ Z Fukuen Line | for Kannabe, Fuchū and Mihara |
History
editFukuyama Station opened on 11 September 1891.[2] With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 21,187 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
editThe station was built next to the main courtyard of Fukuyama Castle. The main tower of the castle is within sight of the platforms.
Other points of note in the vicinity of the station include:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 62. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- ^ 広島県統計年鑑 [Hiroshima Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Hiroshima Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
External links
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Media related to Fukuyama Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Fukuyama Station information (JR West) (in Japanese)