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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 Ibara, Shiraki-chō, Asakita-ku,

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, Hiroshima Prefecture,

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. The "Shiwa" in the name derives from the nearby Shiwa-chō,

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, despite there being no shuttle bus or other connection between the two locations. This station should not be confused with other stations of similar-sounding name on the Geibi Line: Shimowachi, Shiomachi, and Shiwachi. Even though Shiwaguchi Station is an express stop station, the

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does not stop here due to lack of passengers using the station.

History

*1915-04-28: Shiwaguchi Station opens *1937-7-1: Geibi Railway gets nationalised. *1945-8-6: A school first aid station is set up near the station to rescue people who were injured in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and were transported on the Geibi Line. *1980-3-15: Station building gets renovated. *1987-04-01:

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is privatized, and Shiwaguchi Station comes under control by

. *1988-2:

Midori no Madoguchi , short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Ja ...

ticket office starts operation. *2004-10: The opening hours of the Midori no Madoguchi will be shortened and closing times will be set during opening hours. *2007: Due to a timetable revision, the express "Miyoshi" and rapid "Commuter Liner" (both of which stop at this station) were abolished and integrated into the rapid "Miyoshi Liner". As a result, the rapid "Miyoshi Liner" now stops at this station. Opening hours for the Midori no Madoguchi are separate for Monday through Friday (including public holidays) and Saturday and Sunday *2018-7-6: Closed due to the

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. *2021-5-31 Midori no Madoguchi ends service. *2021-6-1 Station becomes completely unstaffed.

Station building and platforms

Shiwaguchi Station features one raised

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

, capable of handling two lines simultaneously. The station building is a prominent one-story concrete building which includes a Ticket Machine the train station was staffed until 2018 they also had a Station Cat until 2018.

Environs

Two convenience stores are located directly across from the station. The Shiwaguchi Station Bus Stop is located near the station. *Takaminami Post Office *Shimizu Clinic *Hiroshima Municipal Offices, Shiraki Branch *Hiroshima Municipal Shiraki Junior High School *Hiroshima Municipal Takaminami Elementary School *Hiroshima Municipal Shiraki High School * Misasa River *Hiyama

Highway access

* Hiroshima Prefectural Route 37 (Hiroshima-Miyoshi Route)

Connecting lines

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

Shimofukawa Station is a JR West Geibi Line station located in 5-chōme, Fukawa, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. This is the largest of the three Fukawa stations on the Geibi Line, and handles many trains daily. History The current station b ...

:Commuter Liner/Local :: Ibaraichi Station — Shiwaguchi Station — Kamimita Station

External links

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* {{Geibi Line Geibi Line Stations of West Japan Railway Company in Hiroshima city Railway stations in Japan opened in 1915