Kure Station

Kure Station 呉駅
Kure Station
Location	1-16 Takara-machi, Kure, Hiroshima Japan
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Kure Line
History
Opened	1903

Kure train station

Kure Station (呉駅 Kure-eki) is a JR West railway station on the Kure Line, located in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan.

History

• Opened as a station of the Japan National Railways on December 27, 1903
• Lent to the Sanyo Railway on December 1, 1904.
• Sanyo Railway was nationalized on December 1, 1906.
• Started the reconstruction of the station on April 9, 1922.
• Completed the reconstruction and started the operation on August 13, 1923.
• Completely destroyed by fire in the Kure Air Raid on July 2, 1945.
• Started the construction of the new building of the station in December 1945.
• Finished the construction on April 30, 1946.
• Held the opening ceremony on May 6, 1946.
• Started the operation on May 7, 1946.
• Opened the current station building on July 7, 1981.
• Stopped the cargo service on November 1, 1986.
• Privatized on April 1, 1987.
• Redecorated the station building and named the building as "Crest" in 1997.

Station layout

Platforms

1	█ Kure Line（upper）	to Hiro • Takehara • Mihara
2	█ Kure Line（lower）	to Kaitaichi • Hiroshima
3	█ Kure Line（upper）	to Hiro • Takehara • Mihara
	█ Kure Line（lower）	to Kaitaich • Hiroshima

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR West
Kure Line
Terminus		Rapid Service		Yano
Terminus		Rapid Akiji Liner		Saka
Akiaga		Local		Kawaraishi

Around the station

• Kure Sogo
• Yumetown Kure
• Babcock-Hitachi K.K
• Yamato Museum
• Kure Port
• Kure University - Kure Station Campus, Extension Center
• Irifuneyama Park
• Irifuneyama Kinenkan
• Kure City Hall
• Kure City Transportation Bureau
• Kurealine
• Kure Interchange

External links

• JR West station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 34°14′41″N 132°33′28″E / 34.244861°N 132.557758°E