Kōro_Station
Kōro Station
Railway station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
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 | |||||
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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 | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Line(s) |  Bantan Line | ||||
| Distance | 11.2 km (7.0 mi) from Himeji | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
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| Other information | |||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 20 November 1935 (1935-11-20) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2016 | 1557 daily | ||||
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Kōro Station is served by the Bantan Line, and is located 11.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Himeji.
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 |
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.
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1557 passengers daily.[3]
- Himeji City Hall Kodera Office
- Himeji Municipal Library Koji Annex
- Kodera Museum of History
- Japan Toy Museum
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Media related to Kōro Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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