Kōro Station

Kōro Station (香呂駅, Kōro-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).^[1][2]

Kōro Station 香呂駅
Kōro Station building in June 2009
General information
Location	28-2 Nakaya Koderacho, Himeji-shi, Hyōgo-ken 679-2144 Japan
Coordinates	34°54′41″N 134°44′09″E
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Bantan Line
Distance	11.2 km (7.0 miles) from Himeji
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 November 1935 (1935-11-20)
Passengers
FY2016	1557 daily
Location Kōro Station Location within Hyōgo Prefecture Show map of Hyōgo Prefecture Kōro Station Kōro Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Kōro Station is served by the Bantan Line, and is located 11.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Himeji.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. One of the side platforms was originally an island platform, but the tracks on one side are no longer used.^[1][2] The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■  Bantan Line	for Himeji
2	■  Bantan Line	for Teramae, Wadayama

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
West Japan Railway Company
Bantan Line
Limited Express Hamakaze: Does not stop at this station
Nibuno		Local		Mizoguchi

History

Kōro Station opened on July 26, 1894. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1557 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area

• Himeji City Hall Kodera Office
• Himeji Municipal Library Koji Annex
• Kodera Museum of History
• Japan Toy Museum

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 兵庫の鉄道全駅 JR・三セク [All stations in Hyogo Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun Shuppan Center. 2011. ISBN 978-4-343-00602-8.
2. 山陽・山陰ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第3巻 京都北部・兵庫エリア [Sanyo and San'in Lines - All routes, stations and tracks Volume 3: North Kyoto and Hyogo Areas] (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2012. ISBN 978-4-06-295153-1.
3. 兵庫県統計書令和元年(2019) [Hyogo Prefectural Statistics Reiwa First Year (2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

External links

Media related to Kōro Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)