Tadanoumi Station

Tadanoumi Station (忠海駅, Tadanoumi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).^[2]

Tadanoumi Station 忠海駅
Tadanoumi Station, 2018
General information
Location	1-chōme-1 Tadanoumi Nakamachi, Takehara-shi, Hiroshima-ken 729-2316 Japan
Coordinates	34°20′12.83″N 132°59′28.52″E
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Y Kure Line
Distance	17.2 km (10.7 mi) from Mihara
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Ground level
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	JR-Y28[1]
Website	Official website
History
Opened	28 April 1931 (1931-04-28)
Passengers
FY2019	486
Services
Preceding station JR West Following station Akinagahama towards Hiroshima Kure Line Local Akisaizaki towards Mihara
Location Tadanoumi Station Location within Hiroshima Prefecture Show map of Hiroshima Prefecture Tadanoumi Station Tadanoumi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

View from overpass

Lines

Tadanoumi Station is served by the JR West Kure Line, and is located 17.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Mihara.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■  Y  Kure Line	for Mihara and Fukuyama
2	■  Y  Kure Line	for Takehara and Kure

History

Tadanouchi Station was opened on 10 July 1932. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. It was a kan'i itaku station managed by the Mihara Regional Railway Department and an NPO corporation "Welfare Station Tadanoumi".^[3] Tickets were sold with a POS terminal until 2003, when a Midori no Madoguchi was set up at the outsourcing station, and tickets were sold with MARS. The station is currently unattended.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 496 passengers daily.^[4]

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 185
• Tadanoumi Port
• Okunoshima
• Aohata Jam Head Office
• Takehara City Hall Tadanoumi Branch

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "広島エリア 5路線79駅への「駅ナンバー」の導入について" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). West Japan Railway Company. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
2. Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第6巻 広島東部・呉エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 6 east Hiroshima/Kure Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
3. "特定非営利活動法人福祉ステーションただのうみ - 広島県ホームページ". 広島県公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 July 2018.
4. Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

External links

Media related to Tadanoumi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR West Station Official Site