Bizen-Ichinomiya Station

Bizen-Ichinomiya Station (備前一宮駅, Bizen-Ichinomiya-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]

Bizen-Ichinomiya Station 備前一宮駅
Bizen-Ichinomiya Station, September 2015
General information
Location	553-19 Ichinomiya, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 701-1211 Japan
Coordinates	34°40′50.82″N 133°51′50.89″E
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	U Kibi Line
Distance	6.5 km (4.0 miles) from Okayama
Platforms	1 side platform
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	JR-U04
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 November 1904 (1904-11-15)
Previous names	Ichinomiya (to 1916)
Passengers
FY2019	1026 daily
Services
Preceding station JR West Following station Kibitsu towards Sōja Kibi Line Local Daianji towards Okayama
Location Bizen-Ichinomiya Station Location within Okayama Prefecture Show map of Okayama Prefecture Bizen-Ichinomiya Station Bizen-Ichinomiya Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Bizen-Ichinomiya Station is served by the Kibi Line, and is located 6.5 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Okayama.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The first station building was demolished and a new station building was completed in 2008. The station is unattended. On the platform, there is a sarcophagus lid brought from the Iwafune Kofun in 'Kibi-Nakayama' on the south side of the station.

History

Bizen-Ichinomiya Station opened on November 15, 1904 with the opening of the Kibi Line as Ichinomiya Station (一宮駅). It was renamed February 1, 1916. 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. ^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1026 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. 石野哲（編） (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 II. JTB. p. 256. ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.
3. Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

External links

Media related to Bizen-Ichinomiya Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Bizen-Ichinomiya Station Station Official Site