Hiroshima Station

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Hiroshima Station 広島駅
Southern side of the station building
Location	2-37 Matsubara-chō, Minami-ku, Hiroshima Japan
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Sanyō Shinkansen  G   R  San'yō Main Line  P  Geibi Line  B  Kabe Line  Y  Kure Line    Hiroden Main Line Route
Connections	Bus terminal Hiroden Hiroshima Station
History
Opened	1894
Location
Hiroshima Station Location within Japan

Hiroshima Station (広島駅, Hiroshima-eki) is a railway station in Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Hiroshima Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all San'yō Shinkansen trains stop here.

Station layout[]

Hiroshima Station has two main entrances: the north — or Shinkansen — entrance, and the south entrance. Until the 1975 opening of the Shinkansen service, the Shinkansen entrance was called the "north entrance", and many local residents, newspapers, and real estate advertisements continue to refer to it as the "north entrance".

A pedestrian tunnel connects the area in front of the Shinkansen entrance to an underground plaza underneath the south entrance to Hiroshima Station. The tunnel includes many gift shops and restaurants, as well as two exits to Fukuya, one to the Hiroshima Station Tram Stop, one in front of the Hiroshima Higashi Post Office, and one directly in front of the south entrance to Hiroshima Station.

Elevator and escalator access is available for several of the entrances. Events are sometimes held in the large area of the underground plaza in front of the entrance to Fukuya.

Prior to 2017, the south entrance connected the plaza outside directly to the platform for track 1; passengers wishing to access any other track from the south entrance were forced to first enter onto the track 1 platform and then ascend to the concourse above. Similarly, passengers wishing to exit the south entrance after arriving on any other platform were forced to descend from the concourse level to the track 1 platform to exit. To eliminate this bottleneck, the concourse level was expanded and a new south entrance was added slightly to the east of the old one. This design, which is standard for major Japanese rail stations, enables direct access to the concourse level from the south entrance. The new south entrance of the station was opened on May 28, 2017, and the old south entrance was permanently closed.

Platforms[]

The Shinkansen station has two island platforms which serve a total of four tracks. The non-Shinkansen lines use three island platforms and one side platform serving eight tracks.

1 • 2	■ San'yō Main Line (down)	for Miyajimaguchi, Iwakuni, and Tokuyama
	■ Kabe Line	for Ōmachi, Midorii, and Kabe
3 • 4	■ Kure Line	for Kure, Hiro, and Takehara
	■ Kabe Line	for Ōmachi, Midorii, and Kabe
	■ San'yō Main Line (down)	for Miyajimaguchi, Iwakuni, and Tokuyama
	■ San'yō Main Line (up)	for Saijō, Mihara, and Fukuyama
5 • 7	■ San'yō Main Line (up)	for Saijō, Mihara, and Fukuyama
	■ Kure Line	for Kure, Hiro, and Takehara
8 • 9	■ Geibi Line	for Shiwaguchi and Miyoshi
11 • 12	■ San'yō Shinkansen (down)	for Shin-Yamaguchi, Hakata, Kumamoto, and Kagoshima-Chūō
13 • 14	■ Sanyō Shinkansen (up)	for Okayama, Shin-Ōsaka, and Tokyo

Other tracks:

• 0: formerly a platform for the Ujina Line
• 10: formerly a platform for freight services

Adjacent stations[]

«		Service	»
Sanyō Shinkansen
Fukuyama Okayama		Nozomi		Tokuyama Shin-Yamaguchi Kokura
Fukuyama Okayama		"Mizuho"		Shin-Yamaguchi Kokura
Higashi-Hiroshima Mihara Fukuyama Okayama		Hikari		Shin-Iwakuni Tokuyama Shin-Yamaguchi Shin-Shimonoseki Kokura
Fukuyama		"Sakura"		Tokuyama Shin-Yamaguchi Shin-Shimonoseki Kokura
Higashi-Hiroshima		Kodama		Shin-Iwakuni
San'yō Main Line
Shin-Hakushima		Rapid		Kaitaichi
Shin-Hakushima		Local		Tenjingawa
Kure Line
Terminus		Rapid		Yano
Terminus		Rapid Akiji Liner		Kaitaichi
Miyajimaguchi		Rapid Kiyomori Marine View		Kure
Terminus		Local		Yano
Kabe Line
Shin-Hakushima		Local		Terminus
Geibi Line
Terminus		Miyoshi Liner		Yaga
Terminus		Local		Yaga

Hiroden[]

Hiroshima Station 広島駅
Location	Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima Japan
Operated by	Hiroshima Electric Railway
Line(s)	█ Hiroden Main Line Route
Connections	● Hiroshima Station for █ Sanyo Shinkansen, █ Sanyo Main Line, █ Kure Line, █ Kabe Line and █ Geibi Line
Other information
Station code	M1/H1
History
Opened	November 23, 1912

The Hiroshima Station tram stop (広島駅電停, Hiroshima-eki dentei) (

34°23′52″N 132°28′32″E / 34.39778°N 132.47556°E / 34.39778; 132.47556) is a terminal station of the Main Line of Hiroshima Electric Railway, located in front of JR Hiroshima Station.

Routes[]

From Hiroshima Station, there are four of Hiroden Streetcar routes on the Main Line.

• Hiroshima Station - Hiroshima Port Route
• Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route
• Hiroshima Station - (via Hijiyama-shita) - Hiroshima Port Route
• Hiroshima Station - Eba Route

Connections[]

█ Main Line

Hiroshima Station — Enkobashi-cho

History[]

• Opened as "Honeki-mae" tram stop on November 23, 1912.
• Renamed to "Hiroshima-ekimae" on March 30, 1960.
• Renamed to "Hiroshima-eki" as the present name "Hiroshima Station", on December 1, 2001.

History[]

• Opened as a station of the Sanyo Railway and started both passenger and freight services between Itozaki Station on June 10, 1894.
• Opened the train services between Tokuyama Station on September 25, 1897.
• Nationalized as the station of the Japan National Railways on December 1, 1906.
• Opened Hiroden "Hon-ekimae", a stop in front of Hiroshima Station on November 23, 1912.
• Station building was destroyed in the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945.
• The Hiroden stop in front of the Hiroshima Station is renamed "Hiroshima Ekimae" on March 30, 1960.
• Completed the current station building and called "Hiroshima Minshu Eki" (Hiroshima the people's Station) in December 1965.
• Freight services transferred to "Higashi Hiroshima Station" (now Hiroshima Freight Terminal) on March 1, 1969.
• Stopped the passenger train services on Ujina Line on March 31, 1972.
• Started the train services on the Sanyō Shinkansen and renamed the north entrance as the "Shinkansen Entrance" on March 10, 1975.
• Privatized and started operation as a station of the JR West on April 1, 1987.
• Redecorated the south entrance and named the building as "ASSE" in April 1999.
• The Hiroden stop in front of Hiroshima Station is renamed "Hiroshima Station Tram Stop" on November 1, 2001.
• The Hiroshima Station Shinkansen entrance begins using automated ticket gates on February 27, 2005.
• Spring 2007: All station entrances began using automated ticket gates
• Summer 2007: The ICOCA card was introduced at Hiroshima Station and all stations within the Hiroshima City Network
• May 2017: The old south entrance was closed and the new south entrance was opened.

Connecting bus routes[]

Chugoku JR Bus[]

Chugoku JR bus services are operated between Hiroshima Station at the "Shinkansen entrance" (North side) and next stations via Hiroshima Bus Center.

• Tokyo Station "Yaesu entrance"
• Yokohama Station
• Nagoya Station and
• Kyoto Station "Karasuma entrance"
• Osaka Station "Sakurabashi entrance" and USJ
• Nanba Station and Tennoji Station
• Takamatsu Station
• Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus

Hiroden Bus[]

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).

• Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus

Other bus services are operated from "Shinkansen entrance" and "Minami entrance" (South side).

Hiroshima Bus[]

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).

• Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus

Other bus services are operated from "Minami entrance" (South side).

Geiyo Bus[]

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).

• Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus

Other bus services are operated from "Minami entrance" (South side).

• Tadanoumi Station, Onori Station, Takehara Station
• Mihara Station
• Saijo Station

Hiroshima Kotsu[]

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).

• Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus

Other bus services are operated from "Minami entrance" (South side).

Highway access[]

• Japan National Route 54
• 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 164 (Hiroshima-Kaita Route)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 264 (Nakayama-Onaga Route)

Surrounding area[]

South[]

• ASSE - the station building
• Yale Yale A-kan - Fukuya Hiroshima Ekimae Store
• Hiroshima Higashi Post Office - formerly known as "Hiroshima Chūō Post Office"
• Aiyu-ichiba
• Futaba Books - Giga Hiroshima Ekimae Store
• Hiroshima City Noboricho Junior High School - Sadako Sasaki was enrolled here
• Mazda Stadium

North[]

• Hotel Granvia Hiroshima
• Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway
• West Japan Railway Hiroshima Office
• Hiroshima Higashi Ward Office
• Hiroshima City Higashi Ward Library
• Onaga Elementary School
• Futaba Junior High school
• Setouchi High School

See also[]

• Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hiroshima Station.

• JR West station information (in Japanese)

Coordinates: 34°23′54″N 132°28′33″E / 34.39833°N 132.47583°E / 34.39833; 132.47583