Kure Station | |
Native Name: | 呉駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 1 Takaramachi, Kure-shi, Hiroshima-ken 737-0029 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | Kure Line |
Distance: | 67km (42miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | Elevated level |
Code: | JR-Y14[1] |
Bicycle: | Yes |
Accessible: | No |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Passengers: | 10,548 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Hiroshima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kure Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[2]
Kure Station is served by the JR West Kure Line, and is located 67.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform, connected by an elevated station building.The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Kure Station was opened on 27 December 1903. The station was completely destroyed by fire in the Kure Air Raid on 2 July 1945. The current station building opened on 7 July 1981. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,548 passengers daily.[3]