Bitchū-Hirose Station

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Bitchū-Hirose 備中広瀬駅
Bitchū-Hirose Station platform area (2008-02-13)
Location	Matsuyama, Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture  Japan
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	V  Hakubi Line
History
Opened	20 June 1926 (1926-06-20)

Bitchū-Hirose Station (備中広瀬駅, Bitchū-Hirose-eki) is a JR West Hakubi Line station. It is in Matsuyama, Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

History[]

• 1926-06-20: Bitchū-Hirose Station opens at the same time as the Hakubi Minami Line section between Minagi and Kinoyama stations
• 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Bitchū-Hirose Station became a JR West station
• 2007-07-03: Bitchū-Hirose Station begins using the ICOCA automated ticket system

Station layout[]

Bitchū-Hirose Station is an unmanned station which has two platforms capable of handling two lines simultaneously. Track 1 is next to the station building. Tracks 2 and 3 on the island platform can be reached through the bridge (see photo at right).

Around the station[]

Bitchū-Hirose Station is located within a bend in the Takahashi River, which is across Japan National Route 180, about 50m south of the station. The Takahashi-Tamagawa Post Office is located nearby, as is Takahashi Municipal Tamagawa Elementary School.

Highway access[]

• Japan National Route 180
• Okayama Prefectural Route 293 (Utodani-Takahashi Route)

Connecting lines[]

JR West Hakubi Line

Minagi Station — Bitchū-Hirose Station — Bitchū-Takahashi Station

See also[]

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bitchū-Hirose Station.

• (in Japanese) JR West

Coordinates: 34°45′33″N 133°36′23″E / 34.759155°N 133.606517°E / 34.759155; 133.606517