Kami-Yagi Station

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Kami-Yagi Station 上八木駅
Kabe Station building in July 2008
Location	8 Chome-15 Yagi, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima-shi Japan
Coordinates	34°29′24.3″N 132°30′22.2″E / 34.490083°N 132.506167°E / 34.490083; 132.506167Coordinates: 34°29′24.3″N 132°30′22.2″E / 34.490083°N 132.506167°E / 34.490083; 132.506167
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	B  Kabe Line
Tracks	1
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 25, 1910 (1910-12-25)
Passengers
FY2015	550 daily
Location
Kami-Yagi Station Location within Japan

Kami-Yagi Station (上八木駅, Kami-Yagi-eki) is a JR West Kabe Line station located in Yagi, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

Station layout[]

Kami-Yagi Station features one side platform handling one bidirectional track. The station is unmanned, and contains an automatic ticket machine.

Platforms[]

History[]

• 1910-12-25: Station opens under the name of Ōtagawabashi
• 1929-12-02: The track around Ōtagawabashi Station is electrified
• 1936-09-01: The station is renamed to Kami-Yagi Station when the Kabe line is nationalized
• 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Kami-Yagi Station becomes a JR West station
• 2008-03-15: Platform is extended to allow 4 car trains to stop

Surrounding area[]

• Japan National Route 54
• Hiroshima Municipal Yagi Elementary School
• Ōta River

Adjacent stations[]

External links[]

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• (in Japanese) JR West