Yaga Station (Hiroshima)

History

1929-03-20: Yaga Station opens

1937-07-01: Switching equipment at Yaga station is expanded

August 1941: Yaga Station closed due to World War II

1942-10-28: Signal cabin installed at Yaga Station

1943-04-02: Station status reinstated, and Yaga Station reopens

1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Yaga Station becomes a JR West station

Station building and platforms

Yaga Station features one island platform capable of handling two lines simultaneously. Trains bound for Shiwaguchi and Miyoshi are handled on the upper end (上り) of the platform, and trains bound for Hiroshima are handled on the lower end (下り). The station features a Green Window.

Environs

Kirin Beer Park Hiroshima

Kirin Hiroshima Brewery

Diamond City Soleil (ダイヤモンドシティ・ソレイユ)

Hiroshima Wald 11 (movie theaters)

Takamagahara Memorial Gardens

Hiroshima Municipal Fuchū Elementary School

Hiroshima Municipal Nakayama Elementary School

Hiroshima Municipal Yaga Elementary School

JR West Hakata Railyard, Hiroshima Branch

JR Freight Railyard

Highway access

Japan National Route 54

Hiroshima Expressway Route 1 (Aki-Fuchū Route)

Hiroshima Prefectural Route 37 (Hiroshima-Miyoshi Route)

Hiroshima Prefectural Route 70 (Hiroshima-Nakashima Route)

Hiroshima Prefectural Route 84 (Higashi Kaita Hiroshima Route)

Hiroshima Prefectural Route 151 (Fuchū-Kaita Route)

Hiroshima Prefectural Route 152 (Fuchū-Gion Route)

Hiroshima Prefectural Route 264 (Nakayama-Onaga Route)

Hiroshima Prefectural Route 272 (Kamimiyachō-Shinchi Route)

Connecting lines

All lines are JR West lines.

Geibi Line

Miyoshi Express (#1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8)Miyoshi Express (#3, 4)Commuter LinerMiyoshi Liner/Local