Shin-Kurashiki Station
Railway station in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shin-Kurashiki Station (新倉敷駅, Shin-Kurashiki-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]
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| Location | 390-4 Tamashima Tsumasaki, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama-ken 710-0252 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°33′54.00″N 133°40′43.20″E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 758.1 km (471.1 mi) from Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 side + 1 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | JR-W07 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 July 1891 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Tamashima (to 1975) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 7952 daily | |||||||||||||||||||
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Shin-Kurashiki Station is served by the Sanyo Shinkansen and is 205.5 kilometers from Shin-Osaka and 758.1 kilometers from Tokyo. As Shin-Kurashiki is a minor intermediate Shinkansen station, only Kodama all-stations services stop here. Local services are provided by the San'yō Main Line, and the station is located 168.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōbe.
The station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms for the Shinkasen services, and one ground-level side platform and ground-level island platform for local services. The platforms are connected by an elevated concourse which extends on the second story of the station building in between the Shinkansen and local platforms. The station is staffed and has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
| 1 | ■  San'yō Shinkansen |
for Hiroshima and Hakata |
| 2 | ■ San'yō Shinkansen |
for Shin-Osaka and Tokyo |
| 3 | ■ W San'yō Main Line | for Fukuyama, Onomichi and Hiroshima |
| 4, 5 | ■ W San'yō Main Line | for Kurashiki and Okayama |
Shin-Kurashiki Station opened on 14 July 1891, as Tamashima Station (玉島駅). It was renamed Shin-Kurashiki on 10 March 1975 at the same time the Shinkansen line opened. 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 7730 passengers daily.[2]
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