Okayama Station

This article is about the railway station in Okayama. For the similarly-named station in Tokyo, see Ōokayama Station.
Okayama Station
岡山駅

Okayama Station in February 2008
Location Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates 34°39′59″N 133°55′07″E / 34.66639°N 133.91861°E / 34.66639; 133.91861Coordinates: 34°39′59″N 133°55′07″E / 34.66639°N 133.91861°E / 34.66639; 133.91861
Operated by JR West
Line(s)
Tracks 6
Connections Okayama Electric Tramway
Other information
Website www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0650608
History
Opened 18 March 1891
Location
Okayama Station
Location within Japan

Okayama Station (岡山駅 Okayama-eki) is a railway station in Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

The shinkansen platforms in July 2014

Okayama Station is one of major intersections of railways in the Chūgoku region. All trains connecting Honshū and Shikoku via the Great Seto Bridge originate and terminate here.

The station is served by the following JR West lines:

In addition to the JR lines, in front of the station is a tram stop of the Okayama Electric Tramway named Okayama-Ekimae Station.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sanyo Shinkansen
Himeji or
Shin-Kobe		   Nozomi   Fukuyama or
Hiroshima
Aioi or
Himeji		   Hikari   Shin-Kurashiki or
Fukuyama
Aioi   Kodama   Shin-Kurashiki
Shin-Kobe or
Himeji		   Mizuho   Hiroshima
Shin-Kobe or
Himeji		   Sakura   Fukuyama
Sanyo Main Line
Nishigawara   Local   Kitanagase
Seto-Ōhashi Line
Terminus   Rapid Marine Liner   Ōmoto
Terminus   Local   Ōmoto
Tsuyama Line
Terminus   Rapid   Hōkaiin
Terminus   Local   Hōkaiin
Kibi Line
Terminus   Local   Bizen-Mikado

History

The station opened on March 18, 1891. Between 1972 and 1975, the station was the western terminus of the Sanyō Shinkansen.


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