Takashima Station (高島駅, Takashima-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Naka-ku, in the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Takashima Station 高島駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Takashima Station in February 2018 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2-5 Shimizu, Naka-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 703-8243 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°40′59.45″N 133°57′29.17″E / 34.6831806°N 133.9581028°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR West | ||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 138.9 km (86.3 mi) from Kōbe | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 March 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 3551 | ||||||||||||||
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Lines
editTakashima Station is served by the San'yō Main Line and is 138.9 km from the starting of the Sanyo Main Line at Kōbe Station. It is also served by trains of the Akō Line, which continue past the nominal terminus of that line at Higashi-Okayama to terminate at Okayama Station via the San'yō Main Line tracks.
Layout
editThe station has two ground level opposed side platforms, connected by a footbridge, located next to the elevated Sanyo Shinkansen tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ S San'yō Main Line | for Wake and Himeji |
| ■ N Akō Line | for Saidaiji and Banshū-Akō | |
| 2 | ■ S San'yō Main Line | for Okayama and Mihara |
| ■ N Akō Line | for Okayama and Mihara |
History
editTakashima Station opened on 14 March 1985. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[1]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3551 passengers daily[2]
Surrounding area
editThe surrounding area is a residential area. There is a municipal housing complex on the north side of the station, and in this housing complex there is a police office, a certified children's center, and the Okayama Takashima housing complex post office.
- Okayama Municipal Takashima Elementary School
- Okayama Municipal Asahiryu Elementary School
- Okayama Municipal Takashima Junior High School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 令和２年 岡山県統計 [Okayama Prefectural Statistics Reiwa 2] (in Japanese). Japan: Okayama Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
External links
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Media related to Takashima Station (Okayama) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)