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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 ...

station located in Yagi, Asaminami-ku,

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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:

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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

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*Hiroshima Municipal Yagi Elementary 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 de ...

References

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