Hiroshima Station

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name=広島


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caption=Shinkansen entrance on north side of Hiroshima Station
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city=Hiroshima
ward=Minami
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address=2-37 Matsubara-chō
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operator=JR West
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nihongo|Hiroshima Station|広島駅|Hiroshima-eki is a JR West railway station located in Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all Sanyō Shinkansen trains stop here.

History

*Opened as a station of the Sanyo Railway and started both passenger and cargo train services between Itozaki Station on June 10, 1894.
*Opened the train services between Tokuyama Station on September 25, 1897.
*Nationalized as the station of the Japan National Railways on December 1, 1906.
*Opened Hiroden "Hon'ekimae", a stop in front of Hiroshima Station on November 23, 1912.
*Destroyed the station building in the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945.
*The Hiroden stop in front of the Hiroshima Station is renamed "Hiroshima Ekimae" on March 30, 1960.
*Completed the current station building and called "Hiroshima Minsyu Eki" (Hiroshima the people's Station" in December 1965.
*Handed over the cargo train services to the new station "Higashi Hiroshima Station" (current Hiroshima Freight Terminal Station) on March 1, 1969.
*Stopped the passenger train services on Ujina Line on March 31, 1972.
*Started the train services on the Sanyō Shinkansen and renamed the north entrance as the "Shinkansen Entrance" on March 10, 1975.
*Privatized and started opecation as a station of the JR West on April 1, 1987.
*Redecorated the south entrance and named the building as "ASSE" in April 1999.
*The Hiroden stop in front of Hiroshima Station is renamed "Hiroshima Station Tram Stop" on November 1, 2001.
*The Hiroshima Station Shinkansen entrance begins using automated ticket gates on February 27, 2005.

Future plans

*Spring 2007: All station entrances will begin using automated ticket gates
*Summer 2007: The ICOCA card will begin use at Hiroshima Station and all stations within the Hiroshima City Network

tation

Hiroshima Station features two main entrances: the north—or Shinkansen—entrance, and the south entrance. Until the 1975 opening of the Shinkansen service, the Shinkansen entrance was called the "north entrance," and many local residents, newspapers, and real estate advertisements continue to refer to it as the "north entrance."

A pedestrian tunnel connects the area in front of the Shinkansen entrance to an underground plaza underneath the south entrance to Hiroshima Station. The tunnel includes many gift shops and restaurants, as well as two exits to Fukuya, one to the Hiroshima Station Tram Stop, one in front of the Hiroshima Higashi Post Office, and one directly in front of the south entrance to Hiroshima Station.

Elevator and escalator access is available for several of the entrances. Events are sometimes held in the large area of the underground plaza in front of the entrance to Fukuya.

Platforms

The Shinkansen has two island platforms which can handle a total of four lines. And the non-Shinkansen lines use three island platforms and one side platform capable of handling 8 lines simultaneously.

Connecting lines

JR

;█ Sanyō Shinkansen:Higashi-Hiroshima Station — Hiroshima Station — Shin-Iwakuni Station;█ Sanyō Main Line:City Liner Express::Seno Station — Hiroshima Station — Yokogawa Station:Commuter Liner Express::Hachihonmatsu Station — Hiroshima Station::Hiroshima Station — Yokogawa Station:Local::Tenjingawa Station — Hiroshima Station — Yokogawa Station:::Note: The Hiroshima Freight Terminal Station is located between Tenjingawa and Hiroshima Stations.;█ Kure Line:Akiro Liner Express • Local::Tenjingawa Station — Hiroshima Station :Commuter Liner Express::Yano Station — Hiroshima Station ;█ Kabe Line:Commuter Liner Express • Local::Hiroshima Station — Yokogawa Station;█ Geibi Line:Commuter Liner Express::Shimofukawa Station — Hiroshima Station :Miyoshi Liner Express • Local::Yaga Station — Hiroshima Station

Hiroden

;█ Main Line:Line #1, #2, #5 and #6::Hiroshima Station — Enkobashi-cho

Connecting bus routes

Chugoku JR Bus

Chugoku JR bus services are operated between Hiroshima Station at the "Shinkansen entrance" (North side) and next stations via Hiroshima Bus Center.
*Tokyo Station "Yaesu entrance"
*Yokohama Station
*Nagoya Station and Sakae Bus Terminal
*Kyoto Station "Karasumasu entrance"
*Osaka Station "Sakurabashi entrance" and USJ
*Nanba Station, Tennoji Station and USJ
*Takamatsu Station
*Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus

Hiroden Bus

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).
*Hiroshima Airport Limousine busOther bus services are operated from "Shinkansen entrance" and "Minami entrance" (South side).

Hiroshima Bus

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).
*Hiroshima Airport Limousine busOther bus services are operated from "Minami entrance" (South side).

Geiyo Bus

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).
*Hiroshima Airport Limousine busOther bus services are operated from "Minami entrance" (South side).
*Tadanoumi Station, Onori Station, Takehara Station
*Mihara Station
*Saijo Station

Hiroshima Kotsu

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).
*Hiroshima Airport Limousine busOther bus services are operated from "Minami entrance" (South side).

Highway access

* Japan National Route 54
* Hiroshima Prefectural Route 37 (Hiroshima-Miyoshi Route)
* Hiroshima Prefectural Route 70 (Hiroshima-Nakashima Route)
* Hiroshima Prefectural Route 84 (Higashi Kaita Hiroshima Route)
* Hiroshima Prefectural Route 164 (Hiroshima-Kaita Route)
* Hiroshima Prefectural Route 264 (Nakayama-Onaga Route)

Around station

outh

*ASSE] - the station building
*Yale Yale A-kan - Fukuya Hiroshima Ekimae Store
*Hiroshima Higashi Post Office - formerly known as "Hiroshima Chūō Post Office"
*Aiyu-ichiba
*Futaba Books - Giga Hiroshima Ekimae Store
*Hiroshima City Noboricho Junior High School - Sadako Sasaki was enrolled here

North

*Hotel Granvia Hiroshima
*Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway
*West Japan Railway Hiroshima Office
*Hiroshima Higashi Ward Office
*Hiroshima City Higashi Ward Library
*Onaga Elementary School
*Futaba junior high school
*Setouchi High School

External links

* [http://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/transfer.php?id=0800613 JR West station information] ja icon