Mimasaka-Kawai Station (美作河井駅, Mimasaka-Kawai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Mimasaka-Kawai Station 美作河井駅 | |||||||
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 Mimasaka-Kawai Station, April 2007 | |||||||
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| Location | 51 Kamocho Yamashita, Tsuyama-shi, Okayama-ken 709-3913 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 35°12′19.35″N 134°6′25.17″E / 35.2053750°N 134.1069917°E | ||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | ||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||
| Line(s) | B Inbi Line | ||||||
| Distance | 48.5 km (30.1 miles) from Tottori | ||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 12 September 1931 | ||||||
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| FY2019 | 11 daily | ||||||
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Lines
editMimasaka-Kawai Station is served by the Inbi Line, and is located 48.5 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Tottori.
Station layout
editThe station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. It used have an island platform and side platform for one siding track, but in 1997 these facilities were removed, leaving the side platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| JR West Inbi Line | ||||
| Nagi | Rapid | Chiwa | ||
| Nagi | Local | Chiwa | ||
History
editMimasaka-Kawai Station opened on September 12, 1931. 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 11 passengers daily..[2]
Surrounding area
edit- Okayama Prefectural Road/Tottori Prefectural Road No. 6 Tsuyama Chizu Hatto Line
- Okayama Prefectural Road/Tottori Prefectural Road No. 118 Kamoyose Line
- Okayama Prefectural Road 208 Mimasaka Kawai Station Line
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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