Bingo-Ochiai Station

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Bingo-Ochiai Station 備後落合駅
The front of the station building.
Location	1778, Saijō-chō Hattori, Shōbara, Hiroshima （広島県庄原市西城町八鳥1778） Japan
Coordinates	35°00′04″N 133°08′54″E / 35.0012°N 133.1484°E / 35.0012; 133.1484Coordinates: 35°00′04″N 133°08′54″E / 35.0012°N 133.1484°E / 35.0012; 133.1484
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Geibi Line Kisuki Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1935

Bingo-Ochiai Station (備後落合駅, Bingo-Ochiai-eki) is a JR West Geibi and Kisuki Line station in Hattori, Saijō-chō, Shōbara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

History[]

• 1935-12-20: Opens as the terminus of the Shōbara Line between Bingo-Saijō and Bingo-Ochiai
• 1936-10-10: Upon completion of the line from Onuka Station, becomes an intermediary stop on the Sanshin Line between Bitchū Kōjiro and Miyoshi
• 1937-07-01: Becomes a station on the nationalized Geibi Line, which stretches from Hiroshima to Niimi
• 1937-12-12: Becomes a junction station between the Kisuki Line and the Geibi Line
• 1987-04-01: Japan National Railways is privatized, and Bingo-Ochiai becomes a JR West station

Station structure[]

There is one station-side platform facing an island with two more platform faces.

• Platform 1: Kisuki Line (trains toward Shinji Station)
• Platform 2: Geibi Line (trains toward Miyoshi Station)
• Platform 3: Geibi Line (trains toward Niimi Station).

Around the station[]

Hiroshima Prefectural Route 234 (Bingo-Ochiai Teishajō Route) connects Bingo-Ochiai station to Japan National Route 314.

Route 314 connects to Japan National Route 183 on the way toward Saijō.

Connecting lines[]

All lines are part of the JR West network.

Gallery[]

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  The station platforms at Bingo Ochiai (2007-09-26)

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  A class 120-300 one-man-operated train at Bingo Ochiai headed for Niimi Station (2006-09-17)

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  A class 120-200 one-man-operated train at Bingo Ochiai (2006-09-17)

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  Okuizumo Orochi-gō 98 tourist train headed for Bingo Ochiai (2006-06-25)

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  Inside station building (2019-08-14)

External links[]

• JR West (in Japanese)