Shin-Kurashiki Station

South side of the station

Shin-Kurashiki Station (新倉敷駅, Shin-Kurashiki-eki, lit. "New Kurashiki Station") is a railway station in Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Shin-Kurashiki Station is served by the high-speed Sanyo Shinkansen line and local Sanyo Main Line.

As Shin-Kurashiki is an intermediate shinkansen station, only Kodama all-stations services stop here.

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Sanyo Shinkansen
Okayama	Kodama	Fukuyama
Sanyo Main Line
Kurashiki	Rapid Sun Liner	Konkō
Nishiachi	Local	Konkō

History

The station opened on 14 July 1891, as Tamashima Station (玉島駅). It was renamed Shin-Kurashiki on 10 March 1975 at the same time the Shinkansen line opened.

References

External links

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JR West station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Sanyō Shinkansen

(for Tokyo<<) Shin-Ōsaka Shin-Kobe Nishi-Akashi Himeji Aioi Okayama Shin-Kurashiki Fukuyama Shin-Onomichi Mihara Higashi-Hiroshima Hiroshima Shin-Iwakuni Tokuyama Shin-Yamaguchi Asa Shin-Shimonoseki Kokura Hakata (>>for Kagoshima-Chūō, Hakata-Minami)

Stations of the JR Sanyō Main Line (Himeji - Mihara)

Coordinates: 34°33′54″N 133°40′43″E / 34.5649854°N 133.6786741°E / 34.5649854; 133.6786741

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