Shichikenjaya 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:...
Kabe Line
Kabe Line
The is a rail line operated by JR West within the city of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It begins at Hiroshima Station and terminates at Kabe Station in Asakita-ku. It is one of the commuter lines to Hiroshima. Prior to December 1, 2003, the line was connected to Sandankyō Station from...
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...
located in 7-chōme, Midorii, Asaminami-ku
Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, located in the south of the former district of Asa.Asa-gun consisted of Gion-cho, Yasufuruichi-cho, Sato-cho, Numata-cho. After being merged with Hiroshima in 1973, this ward was named Asaminami-ku....
, Hiroshima, 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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. The name of the station is derived from a Shichiken tea house and dealer. Shichikenjaya Station is considered to have the most "local line" ambience to it out of all the stations on the Kabe Line.
History
- 1910-12-18: Shichikenjaya Station opens
- 1987-04-01: Japanese National RailwaysJapanese National Railways, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...
is privatized, and Shichikenjaya Station becomes a JR West station
Station building
Shichikenjaya Station features one station-side platform capable of handling one line. While the platform is long enough to handle three car trains easily, the last door on a four car train can not be used. This is not generally a problem, however, as the Kabe Line rarely has trains longer than three cars anymore. The vast majority of trains on the Kabe Line are only two cars. During morning and evening rush hourRush hour
A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening, the times during when the most people commute...
, as well as when trains from the Sanyō Main Line and 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...
pass through the station, there are trains which have four or more cars.
Environs
- Midorii Post Office
- Asaminami-ku Satō Branch Office
- Midorii Waste Water Treatment Plant
- Hiroshima Jōnan Junior High School
Highway access
- Japan National Route 54
- Hiroshima Prefectural Route 270 (Yagi-Midorii Route)
Connecting lines
Kabe Line- Midorii StationMidorii Stationis a JR West Kabe Line station located in 2-chōme, Midorii, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Midorii Station is the largest station within Asaminami-ku.-History:*1910-12-18: Midorii Station opens...
— Shichikenjaya Station — Bairin StationBairin Station (Hiroshima)is a JR West Kabe Line station located in 3-chōme, Yagi, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The station was formerly named Yagi-Bairin Station.-History:*1910-12-25: Bairin Station opens...
See also
- Another station with a similar name is Sangen-Jaya StationSangen-Jaya Stationis a train station in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. It is located at the merging of two highways, Route 246 and Setagaya-dori, just outside the central area of Shibuya. Historically, people coming into Tokyo from the countryside would stop in Sangenjaya for a rest before entering the heart of the city...
, located on the Tokyu Setagaya LineTokyu Setagaya LineThe is a light rail line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyu Corporation. It runs from Sangen-Jaya to Shimo-Takaido, entirely within Setagaya, Tokyo....
in Setagaya, TokyoSetagaya, Tokyois one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood within the ward. The ward calls itself the City of Setagaya in English...