Nakashō Station
Railway station in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nakashō Station (中庄駅, Nakashō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Nakashō Station 中庄駅 | |||||||||||
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 Nakashō Station in March 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Toba 35, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama-ken 710-0012 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°37′34.72″N 133°48′28.17″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
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| Distance | 154.6 km (96.1 mi) from Kōbe | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 11 March 1930 | ||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 7952 daily | ||||||||||
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Nakashō Station is served by the San'yō Main Line, and is located 154.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōbe and 11.2 kilometers from Okayama. It is also served by trains of the Hakubi Line, which continue past the nominal terminus of that line at Kurashiki to terminate at Okayama.
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by an elevated station building. The station is unattended. The outer wall of the station building is tiled in a similar color to the nearby Kawasaki Gakuen school building, and there is an artificial waterfall next to the stairs at the north exit.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ W San'yō Main Line | for Okayama |
| ■ V Hakubi Line | for Okayama | |
| 2 | ■ W San'yō Main Line | siding, special events |
| 3 | ■ W San'yō Main Line | for Kurashiki |
| ■ V Hakubi Line | for Kurashiki, Niimi, Yonago |
Nakashō Station opened on March 11, 1930. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 7952 passengers daily.[2]
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