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JR West , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

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 ...

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located in 5-chōme, Fukawa, Asakita-ku,

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History

* 1915-04-28: Kumura Station opens * 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Kumura Station becomes a JR West station * 2008-05-09: Japanese newspaper and news program report on two cats found sleeping on the ticket gate machine in this station. The cats are dubbed the "Station Cats".Sankei Web News

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Station building and platforms

Kumura Station features one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

capable of handling one line. Trains bound for Shiwaguchi and Miyoshi are handled on the upper end (上り) of the platform, and trains bound for

are handled on the lower end (下り). Tickets were formerly sold at the supermarket located in front of the station. The station is unmanned and features an automated ticket vending machine. Kumura Station is a prefabricated building with a galvanized steel roof. As the station building is located above the road, passengers must ascend a set of stairs to access the station.

Environs

* Kōyō New Town * Egeyama Kōen * Hiroshima Kōyō Kanahira Post Office * Yagi Post Office * Hiroshima Municipal Kōyō High School * Hiroshima Municipal Shiroyama Kita Junior High School * Hiroshima Municipal Ochiai Elementary School * Hiroshima Municipal Yagi Elementary School * Hiroshima Municipal Bairin Elementary School * JR West Kabe Line

Kami-Yagi Station 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 automa ...

(1.5 km west) * JR West Kabe Line Bairin Station (1.5 km west) *

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 ...

(太田川) * Takase Ōhashi

Highway access

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* Hiroshima Prefectural Route 37 (Hiroshima-Miyoshi Route) * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 270 (Yagi-Midorii Route) * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 271 (Yagi Route)

Connecting lines

All lines are JR West lines. ;Geibi Line :Miyoshi Express ::No stop :Commuter Liner ::No stop :

Miyoshi Liner Miyoshi may refer to: Places * Miyoshi, Aichi, a city in Aichi Prefecture *Miyoshi, Chiba, a former village in Chiba Prefecture *Miyoshi, Hiroshima, a city in Hiroshima Prefecture * Miyoshi, Saitama, a town in Saitama Prefecture * Miyoshi, Tokushim ...

/Local :: Shimofukawa Station — Kumura Station —

Akiyaguchi Station is a JR West Geibi Line station located in 1-chōme, Kuchita, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The "Aki" in the station title is from the former name of much of the current Hiroshima Prefecture. History *1915-04-28: Yaguch ...

References

External links

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{{Geibi Line Railway stations in Hiroshima Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1915 Geibi Line Hiroshima City Network Stations of West Japan Railway Company in Hiroshima city