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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 S ...

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located in Karuga-chō, Asakita-ku,

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, Hiroshima Prefecture,

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. The 124m Dakiiwa Tunnel is located on the Miyoshi side of the station.

History

*1929-03-20: Kamifukawa Station opens *1941-08-10: Kamifukawa Station ceases operation *1948-08-10: Kamifukawa Station begins operation once again *1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Kamifukawa Station becomes a JR West station

Station building and platforms

Kamifukawa 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). The station building, as with the building at Nakafukawa Station, is used as convenient meeting place for the residents of the surrounding area. The station is unstaffed but features an automated ticket vending machine.

Environs

*Hiroshima Municipal Kariogawa Elementary School *Hiroshima Municipal Fukunoki Elementary School *Hiroshima Municipal Fukunoki Junior High School *Hiroshima Municipal Shinrin Park *Kōyō Driving School (高陽自動車学校) *Nakayama *Shiimurayama *Nabetsuchi Pass * Misasa River

Highway access

Chūgoku Expressway The (part of Asian Highway Network ) is an expressway in Japan, which extends from Suita, Osaka to Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi. It connects Kansai and Chūgoku regions in western Honshu, Japan's main island. Other major cities along the express ...

Hiroshima Higashi Interchange * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 37 (Hiroshima-Miyoshi Route) * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 70 (Hiroshima-Nakashima 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, Tokushima, ...

/Local :: Karuga Station — Kamifukawa Station — Nakafukawa Station

External links

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{{Geibi Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1929 Geibi Line Hiroshima City Network Stations of West Japan Railway Company in Hiroshima city