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Operated by
  
JR West

Address
  
Japan

Previous names
  
Takō

Opened
  
22 April 1930

Shiomachi Station

Location
  
Miyoshi, Hiroshima Japan

Line(s)
  
Fukuen Line, Geibi Line

Similar
  
Shimowachi Station, Yatsugi Station, Shiwachi Station, Nishi‑Miyoshi Station, Kamikawatachi Station

Shiomachi Station (塩町駅, Shiomachi-eki) is a JR West Geibi and Fukuen Line station located in Wachi-chō, Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. This station should not be confused with other stations of similar-sounding name on the Geibi Line: Shimowachi, Shiwachi, and Shiwaguchi.

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History

  • 1930-04-22: Takō Station opens as part of the Geibi Railway.
  • 1933-06-01: The Geibi Railway is nationalized and becomes part of the Shōbara Line
  • 1934-01-01: The station name is changed to Shiomachi Station. Until this time, the present Kamisugi Station had been known as Shiomachi Station
  • 1987-04-01: Japan National Railways is privatized, and Shiomachi Station becomes a JR West station

    • Station building and platform

    Shiomachi Station features one raised platform and an island platform, connected by an underground access tunnel completed in 1984. A taxi company located in front of the station sells train tickets via an automated ticket vending machine as well as other goods. The station building features old-style wooden shingles. The station features a kumitorishiki benjo (basically an "indoor outhouse" attached to the building).

  • Platform 1: Geibi Line (toward Bingo Shōbara Station), Fukuen Line (toward Fuchū Station)
  • Platform 2: Geibi Line (toward Miyoshi Station)

    • Environs

  • Shiomachi Post Office
  • Basen River
  • Miyoshi Municipal Shiomachi Junior High
  • Miyoshi Seiryō High School

    • Highway access

  • Japan National Route 184
  • Hiroshima Prefectural Route 225 (Shiomachi Taishajō Route)
  • Hiroshima Prefectural Route 430 (Itoi Shiomachi Route)
  • Hiroshima Prefectural Route 431 (Wachi Shiomachi Route)

    • Connecting lines

    All lines are JR West lines. All Fukuen Line trains continue on to Miyoshi Station.

    Geibi Line
    Shimowachi Station — Shiomachi Station — Kamisugi Station
    Fukuen Line
    Mirasaka Station — Shiomachi Station — Kamisugi Station

    References

    Shiomachi Station Wikipedia
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