Hiroshima Station

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Major railway and tram station in Hiroshima, Japan

title: "Hiroshima Station" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["geibi-line", "stations-of-west-japan-railway-company-in-hiroshima-city", "kabe-line", "kure-line", "sanyō-main-line", "sanyō-shinkansen", "railway-stations-in-japan-opened-in-1894", "minami-ku,-hiroshima"] description: "Major railway and tram station in Hiroshima, Japan" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_Station" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Major railway and tram station in Hiroshima, Japan ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox station"]

Field	Value
name
Hiroshima Station
native_name	広島駅
native_name_lang	ja
style	JR West
image	広島駅駅舎.jpg
caption	Station building at South Exit under construction, July 2024
mlanguage
address	2-37 Matsubara-chō, Minami Ward, Hiroshima City
borough	Hiroshima Prefecture
country	Japan
map_type	Japan Hiroshima Prefecture#Japan
operator
line	{{Plainlist
* {{ric	JR West
connections	{{Plainlist
structure	Elevated (Shinkansen)
At grade (conventional lines)
code
opened
services	{{Adjstn
type1	Mizuho
type2	Sakura
type3	Nozomi
type4	Hikari
type5	Kodama
other_services_collapsible	yes
other_services_header	Other services

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| name =
Hiroshima Station | native_name = 広島駅 | native_name_lang = ja | type = | style = JR West | image = 広島駅駅舎.jpg | alt = | caption = Station building at South Exit under construction, July 2024 | other_name = | mlanguage = | address = 2-37 Matsubara-chō, Minami Ward, Hiroshima City | borough = Hiroshima Prefecture | country = Japan | map_type = Japan Hiroshima Prefecture#Japan | coordinates = | operator = | line = {{Plainlist|

Hiroden Main Line
Route [[File:HirodenLine1.svg|25px]] [[File:HirodenLine2.svg|25px]] [[File:HirodenLine5.svg|25px]] [[File:HirodenLine6.svg|25px]] | platforms = | connections = {{Plainlist|
Bus terminal

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| other_services = {{Adjstn|system=JR West|line=Kabe|left=Shin-Hakushima|right=Yano|to-right=Hiro |line2=San'yo|note-mid2=|left2=Miyajimaguchi|right2=Saijo|to-right2=Osaka |line3=Geibi|note-mid3=|right3=Yaga|to-right3=Miyoshi |line4=San'yo R|note-mid4=|left4=Yokogawa |note-mid5=|left5=Shin-Hakushima|right5=Kaitaichi|to-right5=Mihara |note-mid7=|left7=Shin-Hakushima|right7=Tenjingawa|to-right7=Mihara|line9=Kure|note-mid9=|right9=Yano|line11=Kure|note-mid11=|right11=Kaitaichi|note-mid=|line13=Kure|note-mid13=|right13=Kure|to-right13=Onomichi |line15=Kure|note-mid15=|right15=Tenjingawa | map_dot_label = Hiroshima Station

Hiroshima Station is a major railway station in Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Hiroshima Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all San'yō Shinkansen trains stop here.

Station layout

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/JRW_Hiroshima-STA_Central-Gate.jpg" caption="Central Gate for conventional lines, in 2022"] ::

Hiroshima Station has two main entrances: the north — or Shinkansen — entrance, and the south entrance. Until the 1975 opening of the Shinkansen service, the Shinkansen entrance was called the "north entrance", and many local residents, newspapers, and real estate advertisements continue to refer to it as the "north entrance".

A pedestrian tunnel connects the area in front of the Shinkansen entrance to an underground plaza underneath the south entrance to Hiroshima Station. The tunnel includes many gift shops and restaurants, as well as two exits to Fukuya, one to the Hiroshima Station Tram Stop, one in front of the Hiroshima Higashi Post Office, and one directly in front of the south entrance to Hiroshima Station.

Elevator and escalator access is available for several of the entrances. Events are sometimes held in the large area of the underground plaza in front of the entrance to Fukuya.

Prior to 2017, the south entrance connected the plaza outside directly to the platform for track 1; passengers wishing to access any other track from the south entrance were forced to first enter onto the track 1 platform and then ascend to the concourse above. Similarly, passengers wishing to exit the south entrance after arriving on any other platform were forced to descend from the concourse level to the track 1 platform to exit. To eliminate this bottleneck, the concourse level was expanded and a new south entrance was added slightly to the east of the old one. This design, which is standard for major Japanese rail stations, enables direct access to the concourse level from the south entrance. The new south section of the station was opened on May 28, 2017, and the old south entrance is now under construction. The new south exit and Hiroden platforms will be completely rebuilt. It is planned to reopen in 2025. The south exit is still usable, but often gets rerouted.

Platforms

The Shinkansen station has two island platforms which serve a total of four tracks. The non-Shinkansen lines use three island platforms and one side platform serving eight tracks.

Other tracks:

0: formerly a platform for the Ujina Line
10: formerly a platform for freight services

File:JRW Hiroshima-STA Platform13-14.jpg|Platforms 13 and 14 for Shinkansens, in December 2023 Hiroshima Station Sign (Sanyo Main Line, green) 2.jpg|Platform sign at Hiroshima Station, between Tenjingawa and Shin-Hakushima Stations

Hiroden

The Hiroshima Station tram stop is a terminal station of the Main Line of Hiroshima Electric Railway, located on the second floor of the main JR station building "minamoa", directly level with the JR concourse. It has four tracks, one for each of the four routes serving the station, with Spanish solution platforms for the three longer tracks. The elevated station opened on August 3, 2025. Previously the terminal was located at ground level in front of the station building.

Routes

[[File:HirodenLine1.svg|28px]] Hiroshima Station - Hiroshima Port Route
[[File:HirodenLine2.svg|28px]] Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route
[[File:HirodenLine5.svg|28px]] Hiroshima Station - (via Hijiyama-shita) - Hiroshima Port Route
[[File:HirodenLine6.svg|28px]] Hiroshima Station - Eba Route

Connections

;█ Main Line :[[File:HirodenLine1.svg|25px]] [[File:HirodenLine2.svg|25px]] [[File:HirodenLine5.svg|25px]] [[File:HirodenLine6.svg|25px]] ::Hiroshima Station — Enkobashi-cho

History

Opened as "Honeki-mae" tram stop on November 23, 1912.
Renamed to "Hiroshima-ekimae" on March 30, 1960.
Renamed to "Hiroshima-eki" as the present name "Hiroshima Station", on December 1, 2001.
Moved to the second floor of the JR station building "minamoa" on August 3, 2025.

| Hiroshima 20200102133216 (50266411738).jpg | Former ground-level Hiroden terminal, in January 2020

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/HiroshimaStationOct1945.jpg" caption="atomic bomb"] ::

Opened as a station of the Sanyo Railway and started both passenger and freight services between Itozaki Station on June 10, 1894.
Opened the train services between Tokuyama Station on September 25, 1897.
Nationalized as the station of the Japan National Railways on December 1, 1906.
Opened Hiroden "Hon-ekimae", a stop in front of Hiroshima Station on November 23, 1912.
Station building was destroyed in the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945.
The Hiroden stop in front of the Hiroshima Station is renamed "Hiroshima Ekimae" on March 30, 1960.
Completed the current station building and called "Hiroshima Minshu Eki" (Hiroshima the people's Station) in December 1965.
Freight services transferred to "Higashi Hiroshima Station" (now Hiroshima Freight Terminal) on March 1, 1969.
Stopped the passenger train services on Ujina Line on March 31, 1972.
Started the train services on the Sanyō Shinkansen and renamed the north entrance as the "Shinkansen Entrance" on March 10, 1975.
Privatized and started operation as a station of the JR West on April 1, 1987.
Redecorated the south entrance and named the building as "ASSE" in April 1999.
The Hiroden stop in front of Hiroshima Station is renamed "Hiroshima Station Tram Stop" on November 1, 2001.
The Hiroshima Station Shinkansen entrance begins using automated ticket gates on February 27, 2005.
Spring 2007: All station entrances began using automated ticket gates
Summer 2007: The ICOCA card was introduced at Hiroshima Station and all stations within the Hiroshima City Network
May 2017: The old south entrance was closed and the new south entrance was opened.
March 2020: The station building “ASSE” has closed and reconstruction has begun.
March 24, 2025: The new station building, "minamoa", opens.

| File:Hiroshima Station in Taisho and Pre-war Showa eras.JPG | Second station building (1912–1964) | File:HiroshimaStation-1945-historicalphoto.jpg | Station front after atomic bomb, in 1945 | File:Hiroshima Station 1955.jpg | Station front in 1955 | File:Hiroshima Station Building.jpg | Third station building (1965–2020) in its post-1999 “ASSE” guise, in 2019

Connecting bus routes

Chugoku JR Bus

Chugoku JR bus services are operated between Hiroshima Station at the "Shinkansen entrance" (North side) and next stations via Hiroshima Bus Center.

Tokyo Station "Yaesu entrance"
Yokohama Station
Nagoya Station and Sakae Bus Terminal
Kyoto Station "Karasuma entrance"
Osaka Station "Sakurabashi entrance" and USJ
Nanba Station and Tennoji Station
Takamatsu Station
Hiroshima Airport limousine bus

Hiroden Bus

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).

Hiroshima Airport limousine bus Other bus services are operated from "Shinkansen entrance" and "Minami entrance" (South side).

Hiroshima Bus

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).

Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus Other bus services are operated from "Minami entrance" (South side).

Geiyo Bus

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).

Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus Other bus services are operated from "Minami entrance" (South side).
Tadanoumi Station, Onori Station, Takehara Station
Mihara Station
Saijo Station

Hiroshima Kotsu

Airport limousine bus service is operated from "Shinkansen entrance" (North side).

Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus Other bus services are operated from "Minami entrance" (South side).

Highway access

Japan National Route 54
Hiroshima Prefectural Route 37 (Hiroshima-Miyoshi Route)
Hiroshima Prefectural Route 70 (Hiroshima-Nakashima Route)
Hiroshima Prefectural Route 84 (Higashi Kaita Hiroshima Route)
Hiroshima Prefectural Route 164 (Hiroshima-Kaita Route)
Hiroshima Prefectural Route 264 (Nakayama-Onaga Route)

Surrounding area

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Fukuya_Hiroshima_Ekimae_Store.jpg" caption="Fukuya Hiroshima Ekimae Store located in front of Hiroshima Station (April 2005)"] ::

Hatchobori and Kamiyacho, the center of Hiroshima City, and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park are located on the south exit side.

South

minamoa - the station building
Yale Yale A-kan - Fukuya Hiroshima Ekimae Store
Hiroshima JP building - "Hiroshima JP building Post Office" is located here.
Grand Cross Tower Hiroshima - Edion Tsutaya Electrics
City Tower Hiroshima - Bic Camera and Hotel Kawashima
Hiroshima City Noboricho Junior High School - Sadako Sasaki was enrolled here
Mazda Stadium
Shukkei-en

North

Hotel Granvia Hiroshima
Sheraton Grand Hotel Hiroshima
Hiroshima Tōshō-gū
Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway
Hiroshima Television Head Office
Hiroshima Higashi Ward Office
Hiroshima City Higashi Ward Library
Onaga Elementary School
Futaba Junior High school
Setouchi High School

References

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