Ōtake Station

Ōtake Station (大竹駅, Ōtake-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtake, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).^[1] It is also a freight depot operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Ōtake Station 大竹駅
Ōtake Station in May 2005
General information
Location	1-chōme-1 Shinmachi, Ōtake-shi, Hiroshima-ken 739-0611 Japan
Coordinates	34°13′4.39″N 132°13′23.03″E
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company Japan Freight Railway Company
Line(s)	R Sanyō Main Line
Distance	340.8 km (211.8 mi) from Kobe
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	JR-R14
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 September 1897 (1897-09-25)
Rebuilt	2023–2024
Passengers
FY2019	3279
Services
Preceding station JR West Following station Waki towards Iwakuni San'yō Line City Liner Kuba towards Hiroshima Iwakuni Terminus San'yō Line Rapid Miyajimaguchi towards Hiroshima Waki towards Iwakuni San'yō Line Local Kuba towards Hiroshima
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Lines

Ōtake Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 340.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed. Between Platforms 1 and 3, there is a middle track (Platform 2) without a platform, where inbound freight trains arrive and depart. There is another freight line on the outside of Platform 4 on the east side of this station.

Platforms

1	■ R Sanyō Main Line	for Miyajimaguchi and Hiroshima
3	■ R Sanyō Main Line	for Iwakuni and Tokuyama
4	■ R Sanyō Main Line	for freight trains only

History

Ōtake Station was opened on 25 September 1897 as a passenger and freight station on the San'yo Railway with the opening of the line from Hiroshima to Tokuyama. The line was nationalized in 1906 and became the San'yo Main Line in 1909. Freight operations were abandoned in 1962. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West). A new station building on the east side was completed in 2023.^[2] The west side of the station building is also undergoing a rebuild and will be opened sometime in 2024.^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3279 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area

• Mitsui Chemicals Iwakuni-Ōtake Plant
• Mitsui DuPont Polychemical Ōtake Factory
• Mitsubishi Chemical Ōtake Works
• Daicel Ōtake Plant
• ENEOS Marifu Refinery
• Nippon Paper Industries Ōtake Mill
• Hiroshima Prefectural Otake High School
• Otake Municipal Otake Junior High School
• Otake Municipal Otake Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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.
2. "JR西日本，山陽本線 大竹駅の自由通路・橋上駅舎を2月19日から供用開始" [New Otake Station Building to become operational on 19 February 2023]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 29 December 2022. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
3. Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

External links

Media related to Ōtake Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR West Station Official Site