title: Karuga Station
text: # Karuga Station
  
  Karuga Station (狩留家駅, Karuga-eki) is a JR West Geibi Line station located in Karuga-chō, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The station services many express and local trains daily.
  
  ## History
  
  * 1915-04-28: Karuga Station opens
  * 1937-07-01: Karuga Station is nationalized and becomes part of Japanese National Railways
  * 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Karuga Station becomes a JR West station
  
  ## Station building and platforms
  
  Karuga Station features one island platform capable of handling two lines simultaneously. The station building was completed in 1953 and is an old-style wooden building with a tile roof. The station is privately operated under contract from JR West, and tickets can be purchased inside the station building.
  
  ### Environs
  
  * Karuga Post Office
  * Hiroshima Municipal Kariogawa Elementary School
  * Nakayama
  * Nabetsuchi Pass
  * Misasa River
  
  ### Highway access
  
  * Hiroshima Prefectural Route 37 (Hiroshima-Miyoshi Route)
  
  ## Connecting lines
  
  All lines are JR West lines.
  
  ### Geibi Line
  
      Miyoshi Express
         No stop
      Commuter Liner
         Shirakiyama Station — Karuga Station — Shimofukawa Station
      Miyoshi Liner
         Mukaihara Station — Karuga Station — Kamifukawa Station
      Local
         Shirakiyama Station — Karuga Station — Kamifukawa Station
  