is a closed railway station in

Asakita-ku, Hiroshima is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima. The northern portion contains what was Asa-gun and southern Takata-gun, now defunct districts (see Takata District, Hiroshima). Asa-gun consisted of Kabe-cho, Kōyō-cho, Asa-cho. Takata-g ...

, Japan, formerly operated by

West Japan Railway Company , 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 ...

(JR West) on the

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 ...

. It closed on 1 December 2003 when operation of the line was suspended between Kabe Station and

Sandankyō Station was a JR West Kabe Line terminal station located in Akiota, Hiroshima, Japan. It closed on December 1, 2003 when operation of the line was discontinued/suspended between Kabe Station and Sandankyō Station. The station had one side platform ...

Lines

Kōdo Station was located on the

, and was situated between the current location of Kōdo-Homachigawa Station and

Aki-Kameyama Station is a train station in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima on the Kabe Line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The station opened on March 4, 2017, but is at a different location than Aki-Kameyama Station (with different Japanese script) which ...

Station layout

Kōdo Station had 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 ...

serving the single-track line.

History

Kōdo Station opened on 20 December 1956, operated by

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(JNR). It became a JR West station on 1 April 1987 following the privatization of JNR. The station closed on 1 December 2003 along with the rest of the non-electrified section of the Kabe Line. During the Kabe Line extension towards Aki-Kameyama, the station was demolished.

Surrounding area

Kōdo Station was located to the west of the central part of the Kabe residential areas. The station was surrounded by densely packed houses, and found at the end of a now little used alley. The

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 ...

is located several hundred meters to the south of the station. * Kabe Yokkaichi Contract Branch Post Office * Kabe Kindergarten * Tomotetsu Industries headquarters * Hiroshima Municipal Kameyama-Minami Elementary School * Hiroshima Municipal Kameyama-Minami Junior High School

Highway access

* National Route 54 * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 177 (Shimosa Higashi Route) * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 267 (Utsu-Kabe Route)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kodo Station Railway stations in Hiroshima Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1956 Kabe Line suspended stations Stations of West Japan Railway Company in Hiroshima city Railway stations closed in 2003