Nishi-Katsumada Station (西勝間田駅, Nishi-Katsumada-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Shōō, Katsuta District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Nishi-Katsumada 西勝間田 | |||||||
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 Nishi-Katsumada Station platform | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Kurosaka, Shōō-chō, Katsuta-gun, Okayama-ken 709-4323 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 35°2′36.79″N 134°5′21.53″E / 35.0435528°N 134.0893139°E | ||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | ||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||
| Line(s) |  Kishin Line | ||||||
| Distance | 77.3 km (48.0 miles) from Himeji | ||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1 October 1963 | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| FY2019 | 11 daily | ||||||
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Lines
editNishi-Katsumada Station is served by the Kishin Line, and is located 77.3 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Himeji.
Station layout
editThe station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building and the station is unattended.
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| JR West Kishin Line | ||||
| Terminus | Rapid | Terminus | ||
| Katsumada | Local | Mimasaka-Ōsaki | ||
History
editNishi-Katsumada Station opened on October 1, 1963. 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. A new station building was completed in February 2021.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 11 passengers daily..[2]
Surrounding area
editSee 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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