Kure Station

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nihongo|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.

tation layout

Platforms

Connecting lines

JR

;█ Kure Line:Akiji Liner Express::Akiyaga Station — Kure Station — Saka Station:Commuter Liner Express::Akiyaga Station — Kure Station — Yano Station:Local::Akiyaga Station — Kure Station — Kawaraishi Station

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

* [http://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0801515 JR West station information] ja icon