Aki-Kameyama Station

Railway station in Hiroshima, Japan

34°31′02″N 132°29′45″E / 34.517264°N 132.4959°E / 34.517264; 132.4959Operated by

JR WestLine(s)B Kabe LineOther informationWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedMarch 4, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-04)Passengers1,240 daily (FY2021) Services

Preceding station	JR West			Following station
Terminus		Kabe Line		Kōdo-Homachigawa B 15 towards Hiroshima

Location
B 16 Aki-Kameyama Station Location within Japan

Aki-Kameyama Station (あき亀山駅, Aki-Kameyama-eki) is a train station in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima on the Kabe Line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The station opened on March 4, 2017, but is at a different location than Aki-Kameyama Station (with different Japanese script) which closed in 2003.

Lines

The station is the terminus of the Kabe Line.

Station Layout

An aboveground station with a bay platform and 2 tracks. On the south side of Platform 2, there are two electrified storage lines, and on the south side, there is one more unnelectrified side line. There is only one signal in the hall of this station, and a course indicator is installed below it, and the track number that can be entered is displayed in numbers.

The station is barrier-free and has no stairs between ticket gates and platforms.

Platforms

Platform	Line	Destination
1・2	B Kabe Line	Yokogawa・Hiroshima^[1]

View of the station from outside（March 2017）
Platforms（March 2017）
Station sign（March 2017）
Abandoned line leading to Sandankyō Station（March 2017）

History

The station opened on March 4, 2017 when the 1.6 kilometer section of the line from Kabe Station to Aki-Kameyama Station reopened after the closure in 2003.^[2]

Passenger statistics

The station is used by an average of 1240 passengers daily.^[3]

References

^ あき亀山駅バリアフリー情報 - JR西日本公式HP
^ 廃止路線が一部復活＝全国初、広島の可部線延伸で－ＪＲ西 [Closed lined partially reopened with extension of Kabe Line in Hiroshima]. jiji.com (in Japanese). Japan: Jiji Press Limited. March 4, 2017. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
^ "あき亀山駅（JR西日本）の乗降客数の統計". statresearch.jp. Retrieved 2024-01-29.