Miyajimaguchi Station signboard

Miyajimaguchi Station (宮島口駅, Miyajimaguchi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] From the pier near the station there are ferry services for Miyajima (Itsukushima) by JR Miyajima Ferry and Miyajima Matsudai Kisen.

Lines

Miyajimaguchi Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 326.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform and one island platform. The station building is located on the side of Platform 1, and is connected to the island platform by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The design of the station building imitates the torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine, and the color of the station building used to be vermilion during the JNR era, but changed from vermilion to brown after the establishment of JR West.

Platforms

1 ■ R Sanyō Main Line for Iwakuni and Yanai
3, 4 ■ R Sanyō Main Line for Hiroshima and Mihara

Ekiben

History

Miyajimaguchi Station was opened as Miyajima Station (宮島駅, Miyajima-eki) on 25 September 1897 on the San'yo Railway when the section from Hiroshima to Tokuyama was completed.The line was nationalized in 1906, and the line became the San'yo Main Line in 1909. The station was renamed on 1 April 1942. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4309 passengers daily.[2]

Surrounding area

Hiroden

█ Miyajima Line
Line #2
Hiroden-ajina — Hiroden-miyajima-guchi
Hiroden-ajina — (Kyoteijo-mae (temporary)) — Hiroden-miyajima-guchi

See also

References

  1. ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第6巻 広島東部・呉エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 6 east Hiroshima/Kure Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
  2. ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

External links

Media related to Miyajimaguchi Station at Wikimedia Commons

Ferries and boats for Miyajima (Itsukushima Shrine)
JR Miyajima Ferry – Miyajima Matsudai Kisen – First Beach – Aqua Net Hiroshima