Hachihonmatsu Station

Hachihonmatsu Station 八本松駅
Hachihonmatsu Station in January 2009
General information
Location	1539 Iida, Hachihonmatsu-cho,Higashihiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken 739-0141 Japan
Coordinates	34°26′44.29″N 132°41′18.22″E
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	G Sanyō Main Line
Distance	278.9 km (173.3 miles) from Kobe
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Station code	JR-G08
Website	Official website
History
Opened	4 April 1895 (1895-04-04)
Passengers
FY2019	3883
Services
Preceding station JR West Following station Kaitaichi towards Hiroshima San'yō Line Rapid Jike towards Itozaki Seno towards Hiroshima San'yō Line Local
Location Hachihommatsu Station Location within Hiroshima Prefecture Hachihommatsu Station Hachihommatsu Station (Japan)

Hachihommatsu Station (八本松駅, Hachihonmatsu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Hachihommatsu Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 278.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by an elevated station building. In the middle there is a central line without a platform. In addition, there are several sidings on the south side of Platform 2, which are used by maintenance vehicles. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ G Sanyō Main Line	for Saijō and Mihara
2	■ G Sanyō Main Line	for Hiroshima and Iwakuni

History

Hachihonmatsu Station was opened on 4 April 1895. It is located in the northwest of the Saijō Basin and is surrounded by mountains. The area around the station is the uppermost part of the Seno River system, which flows to Hiroshima City, but it turns into the Kurose River system, which flows to Kure in the east, with the watershed near the Kamigumi district on the east side. Mountainside alluvial fans have also been cleared, and many terraced rice fields can be seen. Before World War II, the main settlement was located only on the north side of the railroad tracks, in the Kamigumi area on the north and northeast sides of the station, and on the south side of the station, there were almost no houses and it was all paddy fields. On the northwest side of the station was the Imperial Japanese Army's Kawakami Ammunition Depot, which has been managed by the U.S. Forces in Japan after the war. Since the 1960s, the mountains northeast of the station have been cleared to create an industrial park, and much of the paddy fields were reclaimed and converted into a commuter town for Hiroshima and Mihara. Since development progressed mainly on the south side of the station, in 1968 a new station building was built on the overpass directly above the tracks to improve access to the south side, and the station building on the north side was closed. The villages on the north side of the station are lined up along Prefectural Route 46. The section near the station on Prefectural Route 46 was the former Sanyōdō highway in the Edo period.

With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Passenger statistics

In the 2019 fiscal year, the station was used by an average of 3883 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

• Higashihiroshima City Hachihonmatsu Branch Office (city hall branch office)
• Higashihiroshima Municipal Hachihonmatsu Junior High School
• Higashihiroshima Municipal Hachihonmatsu Elementary School
• Higashihiroshima Municipal Kawakami Elementary School
• U.S. Forces Japan Kawakami Ammunition Depot

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Hachihommatsu Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR West Station Official Site