History
Furuichi Station is on the Hiroshima Rapid Transit Astram Line (Hiroshima New Transit Line 1) in Naka-su 1-chōme, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. Its working name during construction was Nakasu Station (中須駅), and even today the platform nameboards carry 'Nakasu' in small kanji or hiragana below 'Furuichi' — though only the official name is announced in timetables and on-board. It opened on 20 August 1994. From 20 March 1999 to 20 March 2004 it was a non-stop station for the line's express service; when the express was abolished in 2004, all trains again called. Contracted-station operation began in 2001, PASPY IC ticketing arrived on 8 August 2009, and in 2015 the platform departure board and PA system were upgraded to match the equipment at Shin-Hakushima Station. The station has a single elevated island platform with the ticket gate one floor below.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-24.
Notes
The station straddles the boundary between Nakasu 1-chōme and Furuichi 2-chōme, with the entrance on the Nakasu side. Although the official name is Furuichi, the platform nameboards retain a parenthetical 'Nakasu' nod to the construction-era working name — making Furuichi one of the few Astram stations where the working name still appears on the platform itself.