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Yokogawa Station 横川駅 | |||||
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| Location | 3-2 Yokogawa-chō,Nishi Ward,Hiroshima City Hiroshima Prefecture Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°24′35″N132°27′2″E / 34.40972°N 132.45056°E /34.40972; 132.45056 | ||||
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Yokogawa Station (横川駅,Yokogawa-eki) is a railway station in Yokogawa-cho,Nishi-ku, Hiroshima,Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, operated by theWest Japan Railway Company (JR West) andHiroshima Electric Railway (Hiroden).
Yokogawa Station is served by the following lines:
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| Platforms | 2island platforms, 1side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 September 1897; 128 years ago (1897-09-25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2020 | 13,364 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheKabe Line and theSanyō Main Line stop at the JR West Yokogawa Station. The Kabe Line has an island platform serving two tracks. The Sanyō Main Line has a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The center track of the Sanyō Main Line is not used during regular service. There is arailway junction east of the station, where the Kabe Line and the Sanyō Main Line merge.
There are two entrances to the JR West Yokogawa Station on the north and south sides of the station.
| 1 | ■ Sanyo Main Line | forMiyajimaguchi,Iwakuni, andTokuyama |
| 2 | ■ Sanyo Main Line | (not normally used) |
| 3 | ■ Sanyo Main Line | forHiroshima,Saijō,Mihara, connection toKure Line |
| 4 | ■ Kabe Line | forŌmachi,Kabe, andAki-Kameyama |
| 5 | ■ Kabe Line | for Hiroshima |
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| Operated by | Hiroden | ||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | Y5 | ||||
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| Opened | November 1, 1917 (1917-11-01) | ||||
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Yokogawa Station is theterminus station for theHiroden Yokogawa Line, and is also the terminus station forRoute 7 andRoute 8. There is one island platform serving two tracks. It is located directly outside the south entrance of the JR West station. A large roof extending from the main station building covers the station platform and tracks. The station formerly had tram tracks between the JR West platforms, but these have since been removed.
| 1-2 | ■ Route 7 | forTokaichi-machi,Hondori, andHiroden-honsha-mae |
| ■ Route 8 | forTokaichi-machi,Eba |
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| Yokogawa 1-chome | Route 7 | Terminus | ||
| Yokogawa 1-chome | Route 8 | Terminus | ||
Yokogawa Station first opened on 25 September 1897 as part of the Sanyō Railway.[1]
On 1 December 1906, Yokogawa Station was nationalized, becoming part ofJapanese Government Railways (JGR).[1]
The Kabe Line portion of the station opened on December 19, 1909.
With the privatization ofJapanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[1]
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On 5 February 1905, the first bus service in Japan began operating between Yokogawa and Kabe stations.[2]
The firstomnibus used in Japan is now housed in a display at the station.
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