Bingo-Ochiai Station

Bingo-Ochiai Station (備後落合駅, Bingo-Ochiai-eki) is a JR West Geibi and Kisuki Line station in Hattori, Saijō-chō, Shōbara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

Bingo-Ochiai Station 備後落合駅
The front of the station building.
Location	1778, Saijō-chō Hattori, Shōbara, Hiroshima （広島県庄原市西城町八鳥1778） Japan
Coordinates	35°00′04″N 133°08′54″E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Geibi Line Kisuki Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1935

History

• 1935-12-20: Opens as the terminus of the Shōbara Line between Bingo-Saijō and Bingo-Ochiai
• 1936-10-10: Upon completion of the line from Onuka Station, becomes an intermediary stop on the Sanshin Line between Bitchū Kōjiro and Miyoshi
• 1937-07-01: Becomes a station on the nationalized Geibi Line, which stretches from Hiroshima to Niimi
• 1937-12-12: Becomes a junction station between the Kisuki Line and the Geibi Line
• 1987-04-01: Japan National Railways is privatized, and Bingo-Ochiai becomes a JR West station

Station structure

There is one station-side platform facing an island with two more platform faces.

• Platform 1: Kisuki Line (trains toward Shinji Station)
• Platform 2: Geibi Line (trains toward Miyoshi Station)
• Platform 3: Geibi Line (trains toward Niimi Station).

Around the station

Hiroshima Prefectural Route 234 (Bingo-Ochiai Teishajō Route) connects Bingo-Ochiai station to Japan National Route 314.

Route 314 connects to Japan National Route 183 on the way toward Saijō.

Connecting lines

All lines are part of the JR West network.

«		Service	»
Geibi Line
Dōgoyama		-	Hibayama
Kisuki Line
Yuki		-	Terminus

Gallery

• 
  The station platforms at Bingo Ochiai (2007-09-26)
• 
  A class 120-300 one-man-operated train at Bingo Ochiai headed for Niimi Station (2006-09-17)
• 
  A class 120-200 one-man-operated train at Bingo Ochiai (2006-09-17)
• 
  Okuizumo Orochi-gō 98 tourist train headed for Bingo Ochiai (2006-06-25)
• 
  Inside station building (2019-08-14)

External links

• JR West (in Japanese)