Fukuyama Station

Fukuyama Station (福山駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines
Fukuyama Station is served by the San'yō Shinkansen and is 238.6 kilometers from Shin-Osaka and 791.5 km from Tokyo. It is also served by the San'yō Main Line, and is located 201.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe and is the southern terminus of the 85.1 kilometer Fukuen Line to Miyoshi.

Station layout
The San'yō Shinkansen has two elevated opposed side platforms on the outer edge, with two tracks in the middle for through trains on the third floor of the station building. Station facilities are located on the second floor, and  the conventional lines have a total of three island platforms serving six tracks on the ground level. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

History
Fukuyama Station opened on 11 September 1891. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 21,187 passengers daily.

Surrounding area
The station was built next to the main courtyard of Fukuyama Castle. The main tower of the castle is within sight of the platforms.

Other points of note in the vicinity of the station include:
 * Fukuyama University