Kannabe Station

Kannabe Station (神辺駅, Kannabe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated jointly by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and by the third sector transportation company, Ibara Railway Company).^[1]

Kannabe Station 神辺駅
Kannabe Station, March 2006
General information
Location	746-11 Kawaminami, Kannabe-chō, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima-ken 720-2124 Japan
Coordinates	34°32′13.61″N 133°22′43.44″E
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company Ibara Railway Company
Line(s)	Z Fukuen Line ■ Ibara Line
Distance	8.4 km (5.2 miles) from Fukuyama
Platforms	3 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed (Ibara Railway only)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	21 July 1914 (1914-07-21)
Passengers
2018	1438 daily (JR)
Location Kannabe Station Location within Hiroshima Prefecture Show map of Hiroshima Prefecture Kannabe Station Kannabe Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Kannabe Station is served by the Fukuen Line and is 8.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukuyama. It is also the western terminus of the 41.7 Ibara Line from Sōja.

Station layout

The JR portion of the station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms with an elevated station building. The JR station is unattended. The Ibara Line has a single unnumbered side platform, connected to the JR tracks by an extension of the elevated station building, although the Ibara Railway has its own station building adjacent to the platform. The Ibara portion of the station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Z Fukuen Line	for Fukuyama
2	■ Z Fukuen Line	for Fuchū
	■ Ibara Line	for Sōja (trains starting from Fukuyama only)
	■ Ibara Line	for Sōja

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR West
Fukuen Line
Yokoo		-	Yudamura
Ibara Railway
Ibara Line
Yuno		-	Terminus

History

Kannabe Station was opened on July 21, 1914.^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 1439 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 313
• Kannabe Castle ruins

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』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
2. "井原鉄道の旅立ち". 鉄道ジャーナル. 33 (4): 70–74. April 1999.
3. Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

External links

Media related to Kannabe Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR West official home page (in Japanese)
• Ibara Railway official home page (in Japanese)