is a train station

Train station

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 in Kaita

Kaita, Hiroshima

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, Aki District

Aki District, Hiroshima

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, Hiroshima Prefecture

Hiroshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Hiroshima.- History :The area around Hiroshima was formerly divided into Bingo Province and Aki Province. This location has been a center of trade and culture since the beginning of Japan's recorded...

, Japan

Japan

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Layout

One side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

 and two island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

s are on ground. Station office lies above the platforms and the tracks. San'yo Main Line has 4 tracks between this station and Hiroshima station. The track used by Kure Line trains to Yano overcrosses the track used by San'yo Line trains from Aki-Nakano at the point about 600m west from this station.

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1	■San'yo Main Line (up,eastbound)	for , ,
2	■San'yo Main Line (siding track)
3	■San'yo Main Line (down)	for , , ,	(from San'yo Main Line )
4	■Kure Line (up)	for , ,
5	■San'yo Main Line (down)	for Hiroshima, Miyajimaguchi, Iwakuni, Kabe	(from Kure Line )

There is a track without platform out of track 5.

Adjacent stations

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