is a

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, Yaga, Higashi-ku,

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

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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History

*1929-03-20: Yaga Station opens *1937-07-01: Switching equipment at Yaga station is expanded *August 1941: Yaga Station closed due to

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

*1942-10-28:

Signal cabin On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetabl ...

installed at Yaga Station *1943-04-02: Station status reinstated, and Yaga Station reopens *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 Yaga Station becomes a JR West station

Station building and platforms

Yaga 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 ...

capable of handling two lines simultaneously. 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). The station features a

Green Window , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Gro ...

Environs

* Kirin Beer Park Hiroshima *Kirin Hiroshima Brewery *Diamond City Soleil (ダイヤモンドシティ・ソレイユ) *Hiroshima Wald 11 (movie theaters) *Takamagahara Memorial Gardens *Hiroshima Municipal Fuchū Elementary School *Hiroshima Municipal Nakayama Elementary School *Hiroshima Municipal Yaga Elementary School *JR West Hakata Railyard, Hiroshima Branch * JR Freight Railyard

Highway access

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 ...

* Hiroshima Expressway Route 1 (Aki-Fuchū Route) * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 37 (Hiroshima-Miyoshi Route) * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 70 (Hiroshima-Nakashima Route) * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 84 (Higashi Kaita Hiroshima Route) * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 151 (Fuchū-Kaita Route) * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 152 (Fuchū-Gion Route) * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 264 (Nakayama-Onaga Route) * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 272 (Kamimiyachō-Shinchi Route)

Connecting lines

All lines are JR West lines. ;Geibi Line :Miyoshi Express (#1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8) ::No stop :Miyoshi Express (#3, 4) ::

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 ...

— Yaga Station —

Hiroshima Station is a railway station in Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Hiroshima Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all San'yō Shinkansen trains stop here. Station layout Hiroshima Station ...

: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 ::

Hesaka Station is a JR West Geibi Line station located in 2-chōme, Hesaka Sōda, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. History *1916-04-25: Hesaka Station opens *1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Hesaka Station becomes ...

— Yaga Station —

External links

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