Kure Station
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West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
on the Kure Line
Kure Line
The is a rail line operated by JR West within Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It begins at Mihara Station in Mihara and terminates at Kaitaichi Station in Kaita. It's one of the main lines of JR West. The section between Mihara Station to Hiro Station is nicknamed "Setouchi Sazanami Line" as the...
, located in Kure, Hiroshima
Kure, Hiroshima
is a city in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan.As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 240,820 and a population density of 681 persons per km². The total area is 353.74 km².- History :...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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History
- Opened as a station of the Japan National Railways on December 27, 1903
- Lent to the Sanyo RailwaySanyo RailwayThe was established in 1887 and served as a major railroad company during the Meiji period in Japan. The railroad was headquartered in Kobe, and Nakamigawa Hikojirō served as head of the railroad.-Rail lines:...
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.
Platforms
| 1 | █ Kure Line（upper） | to Hiro • Takehara Takehara Station is a train station in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.-The Location:Takehara Station is located in a small city on the outskirts of Hiroshima. The city is known for its wide variety of historical artifacts and has many, many attractions there. -Lines:There are two main lines running through... • Mihara |
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| 2 | █ Kure Line（lower） | to Kaitaichi Kaitaichi Station is a train station in Kaita, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:One side platform and two island platforms 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... • Hiroshima Hiroshima Station 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:... |
| 3 | █ Kure Line（upper） | to Hiro • Takehara • Mihara |
| █ Kure Line（lower） | to Kaitaich • Hiroshima |
Adjacent stations
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Around the station
- Kure SogoSogoSogo Co., Ltd. is a department store chain that operates an extensive network of branches in Japan. It once owned stores in locations as diverse as Beijing in China, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, Taipei in Taiwan, Jakarta, Medan, Bandung & Surabaya in Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Singapore,...
- Yumetown Kure
- Babcock-Hitachi K.K
- Yamato MuseumYamato MuseumThe Yamato Museum is a nickname of the "Kure Maritime Museum" in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan.-History:The museum opened on April 23, 2005. It is nicknamed the Yamato Museum due to the display in the lobby of the large model ship Yamato Hiroba, a 1/10 scale model of the Japanese battleship Yamato...
- Kure Port
- Kure UniversityKure Universityis a private university in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan. The school first opened as a junior women's collegein 1986 and became a four-year college in 1995.-External links:*...
- Kure Station Campus, Extension Center - Irifuneyama Park
- Irifuneyama Kinenkan
- Kure City Hall
- Kure City Transportation Bureau
- Kurealine
- Kure Interchange
External links
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