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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 Saka, Mukaihara-chō, Akitakata,

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 ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

History

*1915-04-28: Mukaihara Station opens *March 1986: The current station building was completed *1987-04-01: Japan National Railways is privatized, and Mukaihara Station becomes a JR West station

Station building and platforms

Mukaihara Station features one raised

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 ...

, capable of handling two lines simultaneously. The station building includes a

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as well as a promotional center for local industries. Mukaihara is run by the Chūgoku Transportation Public Corporation, and features a Green Window.

Environs

*Mukaihara Library *Mukaihara Post Office *Akitakata Municipal Offices, Mukaihara Branch *Akitakata Municipal Mukaihara Elementary School *Akitakata Municipal Mukaihara Junior High School *Hiroshima Prefectural Mukaihara High School * Misasa River *Takadakeyama *Hirauneyama

Highway access

* Hiroshima Prefectural Route 29 (Yoshida-Toyosaka Route) * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 37 (Hiroshima-Miyoshi Route)

Connecting lines

All lines are JR West lines. ;Geibi Line :Miyoshi Express :: Kōtachi Station — Mukaihara Station — Shiwaguchi Station : Miyoshi Liner ::Kōtachi Station — Mukaihara Station —

Karuga Station is a JR West Geibi Line station located in Karuga-chō, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The station services many express and local trains daily. History *1915-04-28: Karuga Station opens *1937-07-01: Karuga Station is ...

:Commuter Liner/Local :: Yoshidaguchi Station — Mukaihara Station —

Ibaraichi Station is a JR West Geibi Line station located in Ibara, Shiraki-chō, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. This is the final of fifteen Geibi Line station within the boundaries of the city of Hiroshima. History * 1915-04-28: Ibara ...

External links

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{{Geibi Line Geibi Line Railway stations in Hiroshima Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1915