Kurashiki Station
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Kurashiki Station 倉敷駅 | |
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Location | Japan |
Coordinates | 34°36′06″N 133°45′57″E / 34.6018°N 133.7657°E |
Operated by | JR West |
Line(s) |
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Connections | ■ Mizushima Rinkai Railway: Mizushima Main Line (via Kurashiki-shi) |
Other information | |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 25 April 1891 |
Location | |
Kurashiki Station Location within Japan |
Kurashiki Station (倉敷駅, Kurashiki-eki) is a JR West Sanyō Main Line and Hakubi Line railway station located in 1-1 1-chōme, Achi, Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. All Sanyō Main Line and Hakubi Line express and limited express trains stop at this station. The Mizushima Coastal Railway Kurashiki-shi Station is near the station.
History[]
- 1891-04-25: Kurashiki Station opens as a station on the San'yō Railway
- 1906-12-01: Kurashiki station is nationalized
- 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Kurashiki Station becomes a JR West station
- Spring 2007: Automatic ticket gates will be installed and begin being used
- Summer 2007: The ICOCA card was scheduled to be accepted
Station building and platforms[]
Kurashiki Station features both side- and island-style platform capable of handling several lines simultaneously. Each platform has an upper (上り) and lower end (下り) of the platform.
1 | █ Sanyō Main Line (down) | to Shin-Kurashiki • Kasaoka • Fukuyama • Mihara • Hiroshima |
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2 | (used for Sanyō Main Line and Mizushima Coastal Railway freight and special trains) | |
3 | █ Sanyō Main Line (up) | to Okayama • Seto • Wake • Aioi • Himeji • Banshū-Akō |
4 | █ Hakubi Line | to Sōja • Bitchū-Takahashi • Niimi • Yonago |
Limited Express (Yakumo) (down) | to Niimi • Yonago • Matsue • Izumoshi | |
Overnight Limited Express (Sunrise Izumo) (down) | to Niimi • Yonago • Matsue • Izumoshi | |
5 | █ Sanyō Main Line (up) | to Okayama • Seto • Wake • Aioi • Himeji • Banshū-Akō |
Limited Express (Yakumo) (up) | to Okayama | |
Overnight Limited Express (Sunrise Izumo) (up) | to Tokyo |
Facilities located within the station building include the LeBlanc department store, the Hotel Kurashiki, the , McDonald's, and ATMs for and Tomato Bank.
Environs[]
South entrance[]
At the south entrance to Kurashiki Station is Kurashiki-shi Station, operated by Mizushima Coastal Railway as a station on the Mizushima Main Line. Chayamachi Station, which services the Uno and (including the Seto Ōhashi Line) is accessible via a 22-minute bus ride operated by .
- Ōhara Art Museum
- Kurashiki Station South Entrance Toyoko Inn
- Kurashiki City Plaza East Building
- Kurashiki City Plaza West Building
- department store
- Japan Postal savings ATM
- Marunaka Kurashiki Station store (formerly Daiei Kurashiki)
- Kurashiki Post Office and Kurashiki Japan Post Main Office
- Kagawa Bank
- Ryobi Sightseeing Bus Company, Kurashiki Office
- Jumbo JJ Kurashiki Station Store (pachinko)
- Mizushima Taxi
North entrance[]
Outside the north entrance was , a popular amusement park, closed in 2008.
- Kohnan Kurashiki Tivoli Park Store (home center)
- Kurashiki Kotobuki-chō Post Office
- Kurashiki Suishō High School
- Kurashiki Municipal Higashi Junior High School
Highway access[]
- Japan National Route 429 (formerly Route 2)
- Okayama Prefectural Route 24 (Kurashiki-Kiyone Route)
Connecting lines[]
All lines are JR West lines.
- Sanyō Main Line
- Express ()
- Okayama Station — Kurashiki Station — Shin-Kurashiki Station
- Local (becomes an express west of Saijō)
- Nakashō Station — Kurashiki Station — Nishiachi Station
- Express ()
- Hakubi Line
- Sleeping Limited Expeess (Sunrise Izumo)
- (Okayama Station) — Kurashiki Station — Bitchu-Takahashi Station
- Local
- (Nakashō Station) — Kurashiki Station — Kiyone Station
- Sleeping Limited Expeess (Sunrise Izumo)
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kurashiki Station. |
- Official website (in Japanese)
Coordinates: 34°36′06″N 133°45′57″E / 34.6018°N 133.7657°E
- Hakubi Line
- Stations of West Japan Railway Company
- Sanyō Main Line
- Railway stations in Okayama Prefecture
- Railway stations in Japan opened in 1891