Yaga Station (Hiroshima) 1.68

Yaga Station is a JR West Geibi Line station located in 5-chōme, Yaga, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.History1929-03-20: Yaga Station opens1937-07-01: Switching equipment at Yaga station is expandedAugust 1941: Yaga Station closed due to World War II1942-10-28: Signal cabin installed at Yaga Station1943-04-02: Station status reinstated, and Yaga Station reopens1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Yaga Station becomes a JR West stationStation building and platformsYaga Station features one island platform capable of handling two lines simultaneously. Trains bound for Shiwaguchi and Miyoshi are handled on the upper end (上り) of the platform, and trains bound for Hiroshima are handled on the lower end (下り). The station features a Green Window.EnvironsKirin Beer Park HiroshimaKirin Hiroshima BreweryDiamond City Soleil (ダイヤモンドシティ・ソレイユ)Hiroshima Wald 11 (movie theaters)Takamagahara Memorial GardensHiroshima Municipal Fuchū Elementary SchoolHiroshima Municipal Nakayama Elementary SchoolHiroshima Municipal Yaga Elementary SchoolJR West Hakata Railyard, Hiroshima Branch JR Freight Railyard