Chūgoku-Katsuyama Station (中国勝山駅, Chūgoku-Katsuyama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Maniwa, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Chūgoku-Katsuyama Station 中国勝山駅 | |||||||
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 Chūgoku-Katsuyama Station, August 2022 | |||||||
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| Location | 407 Katsuyama, Maniwa-shi, Okayama-ken 717-0013 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 35°4′49.83″N 133°41′40.23″E / 35.0805083°N 133.6945083°E | ||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | ||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||
| Line(s) | K Kishin Line | ||||||
| Distance | 123.8 km (76.9 miles) from Himeji | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 15 March 1925 | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| FY2019 | 306 daily | ||||||
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Lines
editChūgoku-Katsuyama Station is served by the Kishin Line, and is located 123.8 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Himeji.
Station layout
editThe station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station building was refurbished in 2000. The station is unattended.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■  Kishin Line
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for Tsuyama, Niimi |
| 2 | ■ Kishin Line
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for Sayo |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| JR West Kishin Line | ||||
| Kuse | Rapid | Tsukida | ||
| Kuse | Local | Tsukida | ||
History
editChūgoku-Katsuyama Station opened on March 15, 1925. 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
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 306 passengers daily..[2]
Surrounding area
edit- Katsuyama Townscape Preservation District
- Okayama Prefectural Katsuyama High School
- Maniwa City Katsuyama Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020
External links
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