is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

located in the city of Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the

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, ...

(JR West).

Lines

Fuchū Station is served by the JR West Fukuen Line, and is located 23.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of two platforms and four tracks: a notched

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, ...

for Platform 1, the remainder of the side platform on Platform 2, and an

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on Platforms 3 and 4 connected by a footbridge. Platforms 1 and 4 in the direction of Shiomachi are dead ends, and are used by trains returning from the direction of Fukuyama. During normal operation, only Platforms 1 and 2 are used.The station building is a small wooden structure with a tiled roof that has been refurbished. On the Fukuen Line, it is the only station other than Fukuyama Station that has a departure information board. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Fuchū Station was opened on 21 July 1914 as . It was renamed 20 December 1956. With the privatization of the

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 pre ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 921 passengers daily.Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

Surrounding area

* Fuchū City Hall *Fuchu Municipal Fuchu Junior High School/Fuchu Elementary School (Fuchu Gakuen) *Fuchu Post Office *Fuchu City Library *Fuchu Chamber of Commerce and Industry *Fuchu Cultural Center *Fuchu Municipal Minami Elementary School

References

External links

JR West Station Official Site
Railway stations in Hiroshima Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1914 Fuchū, Hiroshima {{Hiroshima-railstation-stub