Niwase Station

Niwase Station (庭瀬駅, Niwase-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kita-ku of the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).^[1]

Niwase Station 庭瀬駅
Niwase Station in October 2022
General information
Location	319-1 Hirano-chō, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 701-0151 Japan
Coordinates	34°38′34.23″N 133°51′13.92″E
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	W San'yō Main Line (V Hakubi Line)
Distance	149.9 km (93.1 mi) from Kōbe
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	JR-W03（San'yō Main Line） JR-V03（Hakubi Line）
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 April 1891; 133 years ago (1891-04-25)
Passengers
FY2019	4341 daily
Services
Preceding station JR West Following station Nakashō towards Fukuyama San'yō Line Local Kitanagase towards Okayama
Location Niwase Station Location within Okayama Prefecture Show map of Okayama Prefecture Niwase Station Niwase Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Niwase Station is served by the San'yō Main Line, and is located 149.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōbe and 6.5 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.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms on a slight embankment, connected by a footbridge.The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ W San'yō Main Line	for Okayama
	■ V Hakubi Line	for Okayama
2	■ W San'yō Main Line	for Kurashiki
	■ V Hakubi Line	for Kurashiki, Niimi, Yonago

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  Ticket gates
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  Platform 1
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  Platform 2

History

Niwase Station opened on April 25, 1891 at the same time as the opening of the section between Okayama Station and Kurashiki Station on the Sanyo Railway. The current station building was opened in 1986 and the building itself won the Railway Architectural Association's Station Architecture Award for 1985.^[2] 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4341 passengers daily.^[3]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
2. "鉄道ジャーナル" (in Japanese). 2 (21). February 1987: 129. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

External links

Media related to Niwase Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Niwase Station Official Site