Okayama Station

Okayama Station 岡山駅
Okayama Station, February 2008
Location	Kita, Okayama, Okayama Japan
Coordinates	34°39′59″N 133°55′07″E / 34.66639°N 133.91861°ECoordinates: 34°39′59″N 133°55′07″E / 34.66639°N 133.91861°E
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Sanyō Main Line Sanyō Shinkansen Uno Line Kibi Line Tsuyama Line
Platforms	6
Connections	Okayama Electric Tramway
History
Opened	1891

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

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.

History

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

Lines

The station serves the following railway lines of JR West:

• Sanyō Shinkansen
• Sanyō Main Line (including trains to Akō Line and Hakubi Line)
• Uno Line (Seto-Ōhashi Line)
• Tsuyama Line
• Kibi Line

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

External links

• JR West station information (Japanese)