Yamanouchi Station (Hiroshima)
Yamanouchi Station (山ノ内駅, Yamanouchi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Yamanouchi-chō, in the city of Shōbara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] LinesYamanouchi Station is served by the Geibi Line, and is located 75.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Bitchū-Kōjiro and 81.6 kilometers from Niimi. Station layoutThe station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building and the station is unattended. It used to have an island platform and two tracks, but the track on the station building side (the former inbound track) was removed, and the current bus stop structure is in place. HistoryYamanouchi Station was opened on September 20, 1924 as a station on the Geibi Railway. The line was nationalized on June 1, 1933 and became part of the Shōbara Line. It became part of JR West on April 1, 1987 when Japan National Railways was privatized. Passenger statisticsIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 36 passengers daily.[2] Surrounding area
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