Shiomachi Station (塩町駅, Shiomachi-eki) is a JR West Geibi and Fukuen Line station located in Wachi-chō, Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. This station should not be confused with other stations of similar-sounding name on the Geibi Line: Shimowachi, Shiwachi, and Shiwaguchi.

Shiomachi Station 塩町駅
Shiomachi Station building.
General information
Location	Miyoshi, Hiroshima Japan
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	P  Geibi Line  Z  Fukuen Line
History
Opened	April 22, 1930
Previous names	Takō

History

• 1930-04-22: Takō Station opens as part of the Geibi Railway.
• 1933-06-01: The Geibi Railway is nationalized and becomes part of the Shōbara Line
• 1934-01-01: The station name is changed to Shiomachi Station. Until this time, the present Kamisugi Station had been known as Shiomachi Station
• 1987-04-01: Japan National Railways is privatized, and Shiomachi Station becomes a JR West station

Station building and platform

Shiomachi Station features one raised platform and an island platform, connected by an underground access tunnel completed in 1984. A taxi company located in front of the station sells train tickets via an automated ticket vending machine as well as other goods. The station building features old-style wooden shingles. The station features a kumitorishiki benjo (basically an "indoor outhouse" attached to the building).

• Platform 1: Geibi Line (toward Bingo Shōbara Station), Fukuen Line (toward Fuchū Station)
• Platform 2: Geibi Line (toward Miyoshi Station)

Environs

• Shiomachi Post Office
• Basen River
• Miyoshi Municipal Shiomachi Junior High
• Miyoshi Seiryō High School

Highway access

• Japan National Route 184
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 225 (Shiomachi Taishajō Route)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 430 (Itoi Shiomachi Route)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Route 431 (Wachi Shiomachi Route)

Connecting lines

All lines are JR West lines. All Fukuen Line trains continue on to Miyoshi Station.

Geibi Line

Shimowachi Station — Shiomachi Station — Kamisugi Station

Fukuen Line

Mirasaka Station — Shiomachi Station — Kamisugi Station

External links

• (in Japanese) JR West