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Kabe Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) within the city of Hiroshima in Japan. It connects Hiroshima Station and Aki-Kameyama Station in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Asakita-ku. The actual junction station is Yokogawa S ...

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located in Yagi, Asaminami-ku,

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Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

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. The station was formerly named Yagi-Bairin Station.

Station layout

Bairin Station features one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

handling two tracks. The station building is to the west of the platform, and a railway crossing connects the platform and station building. The station is staffed during weekdays.

Platforms

History

*1910-12-25: Bairin Station opens *1987-04-01:

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

is privatized, and Bairin Station becomes a JR West station

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 54 National Route 54 is a national highway of Japan connecting Naka-ku, Hiroshima and Matsue, Shimane. Route data *Length: 174.5 km (108.43 mi). References 054 The Type 054 (NATO Codename Jiangkai I) is a class of People's Republi ...

*Yagi Post Office *JR West

Geibi Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in the mountainous area of the Chūgoku region in Japan. It begins at Bitchū Kōjiro Station on the west side of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, connecting through Miyoshi St ...

Kumura Station is a JR West Geibi Line station located in 5-chōme, Fukawa, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. History * 1915-04-28: Kumura Station opens * 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Kumura Station becomes a ...

is located about 1.5 km east of Bairin Station *Hiroshima Bairin Elementary School *Hiroshima Jōyama Junior High School *

Ōta River is a 103 kilometer (64 mile) long river in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Its main stream originates in (1,339m) and empties through a flood control channel into the Seto Inland Sea. The river is one of the major rivers in the prefecture and desce ...

External links

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{{Kabe Line Kabe Line Hiroshima City Network Stations of West Japan Railway Company in Hiroshima city Railway stations in Japan opened in 1910