Kurashiki Station
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West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
Sanyō Main Line and Hakubi Line
Hakubi Line
The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company in the mountainous area of the Chūgoku region of Japan. It begins at the south end of Okayama Prefecture at Kurashiki Station in Kurashiki, passing through Niimi Station on the west side of Niimi, and terminating at Hōki-Daisen Station...
station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
located in 1-1 1-chōme, Achi, Kurashiki
Kurashiki, Okayama
is a historic city located to the west of Okayama Prefecture, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea.As of April 2010, the city has a population of 473,392. The total area is .-History:...
, Okayama Prefecture
Okayama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Okayama.- History :During the Meiji Restoration, the area of Okayama Prefecture was known as Bitchū Province, Bizen Province and Mimasaka Province.- Geography :...
, Japan
Japan
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. All Sanyō Main Line and Hakubi Line express and limited express trains stop at this station. The Mizushima Coastal Railway Mizushima Main Line Kurashiki-shi Station is near the station.
History
- 1891-04-25: Kurashiki Station opens as a station on the San'yō Railway
- 1906-12-01: Kurashiki station is nationalized
- 1987-04-01: Japanese National RailwaysJapanese National Railways, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...
is privatized, and Kurashiki Station becomes a JR West station - Spring 2007: Automatic ticket gates will be installed and begin being used
- Summer 2007: The ICOCAICOCAThe card is a rechargeable contactless smart card used on JR West rail network in Japan. The card was launched on November 1, 2003 for usage on the Urban Network, which encompasses the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe...
card is scheduled to be accepted
Station building and platforms
Kurashiki Station features both sideSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
- and island-style
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
platform capable of handling several lines simultaneously. Each platform has an upper (上り) and lower end (下り) of the platform.
| 1 | █ Sanyō Main Line (down) | to Shin-Kurashiki • Kasaoka Kasaoka Station is a train station in Kasaoka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:... • Fukuyama • Mihara • Hiroshima Hiroshima Station is a JR West railway station located in Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all Sanyō Shinkansen trains stop here.-History:... |
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| 2 | (used for Sanyō Main Line and Mizushima Coastal Railway freight and special trains) | |
| 3 | █ Sanyō Main Line (up) | to Okayama Okayama Station is a railway station located in the ward of Kita-ku, city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by West Japan Railway Company .... • Seto Seto Station is a train station in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:... • Wake • Aioi Aioi Station (Hyogo) is a railway station in Aioi, Hyōgo, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company .-Layout:Aioi Station has three tracks for the Sanyo and Ako lines and two for the Shinkansen line. The ticket barrier is on the second floor, as are the two exit... • Himeji Himeji Station on the West Japan Railway Company is located in the heart of Himeji, Japan. Himeji is a major stop on the Sanyō Main Line, and the western end of the JR Kobe Line... • Banshū-Akō Banshu-Ako Station is a train station on the Akō Line of JR West, located in Ako, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The prefix Banshū, indicating the station's location in the old Harima province, was given to distinguish the station from on the Iida Line in Nagano Prefecture , which used the same kanji characters as... |
| 4 | █ Hakubi Line | to Sōja Soja Station is a station jointly operated by JR West and Ibara Railway on the Hakubi, Kibi, and Ibara Lines. The station is in Kiyone, Kami-Nakajima, Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan... • Bitchū-Takahashi Bitchu-Takahashi Station is a JR West Hakubi Line station located in Asahi-chō, Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The Hakubi Line extends as a single track from this station north.-History:*1926-06-20: Bitchū-Takahashi Station opened... • Niimi Niimi Station is a JR West station located in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It offers connecting service to the Geibi, Hakubi, and Kishin Lines.-History:*1928-10-25: The completed Hakubi Line is opened.... • Yonago Yonago Station is a railway station on the San'in Main Line of West Japan Railway Company located in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It is also the terminus of the Sakai Line.The station started operation on November 1, 1902.-Layout:... |
| Limited Express (Yakumo Yakumo (train) The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by JR West which runs from Okayama to Matsue and Izumoshi.... ) (down) |
to Niimi • Yonago • Matsue Matsue Station is a railway station on the Sanin Main Line of West Japan Railway Company located in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Tickets can be purchased at the machines or in the ticket office... • Izumoshi Izumoshi Station is a station of West Japan Railway Company in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. of Ichibata Electric Railway is attached to the JR station.-Lines:Izumoshi Station*West Japan Railway Company *Sanin Main Line... |
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| Overnight Limited Express (Sunrise Izumo) (down) | to Niimi • Yonago • Matsue • Izumoshi | |
| 5 | █ Sanyō Main Line (up) | to Okayama • Seto • Wake • Aioi • Himeji • Banshū-Akō |
| Limited Express (Yakumo) (up) | to Okayama | |
| Overnight Limited Express (Sunrise Izumo) (up) | to Tokyo | |
Facilities located within the station building include the LeBlanc department store
Department store
A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...
, the Hotel Kurashiki, the Nippon Travel Agency, McDonald's
McDonald's
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, and ATMs
Automated teller machine
An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
for Chugoku Bank and Tomato Bank
Tomato Bank
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South entrance
At the south entrance to Kurashiki Station is Kurashiki-shi Station, operated by Mizushima Coastal Railway as a station on the Mizushima Main Line. Chayamachi StationChayamachi Station
is a train station in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...
, which services the Uno
Uno Line
The is a Japanese railway line which connects Okayama Station in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture with Uno Station in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture. It is owned and run by West Japan Railway Company...
and Honshibasan Lines (including the Seto Ōhashi Line) is accessible via a 22 minute bus ride operated by Shimotsui Electric Railway.
- Ōhara Art MuseumOhara Art MuseumThe Ohara Museum of Art in Kurashiki was the first collection of Western art to be permanently exhibited in Japan. The museum opened in 1930 and originally consisted almost entirely of French paintings and sculptures of the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection has now expanded to include...
- Kurashiki Bikan Area
- Kurashiki Station South Entrance Toyoko InnToyoko Innis a chain of no-frills business hotels in Japan, founded in 1986 and expanding rapidly from the 1990s.The company is headquartered in the Kamata section of Ōta, Tokyo, about halfway between the central wards of Tokyo and Yokohama; its name is a portmanteau of the names of Tokyo and Yokohama...
- Kurashiki City Plaza East Building
- Kurashiki City Plaza West Building
- Mizuho BankMizuho Bankis the core retail banking unit of Mizuho Financial Group, which is the second-largest financial services company in Japan and one of the three so-called Japanese "megabanks"...
- Mizuho Bank
- Tenmaya department store
- Japan PostJapan Postwas a government-owned corporation in Japan, that existed from 2003–2007, offering postal and package delivery services, banking services, and life insurance. It had over 400,000 employees and ran 24,700 post offices throughout Japan and was the nation's largest employer. One third of all Japanese...
al savings ATM
- Japan Post
- Marunaka Kurashiki Station store (formerly Daiei Kurashiki)
- Kurashiki Post Office and Kurashiki Japan Post Main Office
- Kagawa Bank
- Ryobi Sightseeing Bus Company, Kurashiki Office
- Jumbo JJ Kurashiki Station Store (pachinkoPachinkois a type of game originating in Japan, and used as both a form of recreational arcade game and much more frequently as a gambling device, filling a niche in gambling in Japan comparable to that of the slot machine in Western gambling. A pachinko machine resembles a vertical pinball machine, but...
) - Mizushima Taxi
North entrance
Outside the north entrance is Kurashiki Tivoli Park, a popular amusement park .- Kohnan Kurashiki Tivoli Park Store (home center)
- Kurashiki Kotobuki-chō Post Office
- Kurashiki Suishō High School
- Kurashiki Municipal Higashi Junior High School
Highway access
- Japan National Route 429Route 429 (Japan)National Route 429 is a national highway of Japan connecting Kurashiki, Okayama and Fukuchiyama, Kyoto in Japan, with a total length of 254.4 km ....
(formerly Japan National Route 2Route 2 (Japan)National Route 2 is a major highway on the islands of Honshū and Kyūshū in Japan. It follows the old Sanyōdo westward from the city of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture in the Kansai region to the city of Kitakyūshū in Fukuoka Prefecture, passing through the San'yō region en route...
) - Okayama Prefectural Route 24 (Kurashiki-Kiyone Route)
Connecting lines
All lines are JR West lines.Sanyō Main Line
- Express (Sun Liner)
- Okayama StationOkayama Stationis a railway station located in the ward of Kita-ku, city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by West Japan Railway Company ....
— Kurashiki Station — Shin-Kurashiki Station
- Okayama Station
- Local (becomes an express west of SaijōSaijo Stationis a train station in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:One side platform, one island platform and a station office are on ground. Two platforms are connected by a footbridge.-Adjacent stations:...
)- Nakashō Station — Kurashiki Station — Nishiachi StationNishiachi Stationis a train station in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...
- Nakashō Station — Kurashiki Station — Nishiachi Station
Hakubi Line
- Local
- (Nakashō Station) — Kurashiki Station — Kiyone StationKiyone Stationis a train station located in the district of Tsukubo, city of Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.The station is located in the former village of Kiyone, a village which was was merged with the expanded city of Sōja in March 2005.-Lines:* JR West...
- (Nakashō Station) — Kurashiki Station — Kiyone Station