Kurashiki Station
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Kurashiki Station (倉敷駅 Kurashiki Eki?) is a JR West Sanyō Main Line and Hakubi Line station located in 1-1 1-chōme, Achi, Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. All Sanyō Main Line and Hakubi Line express and limited express trains stop at this station. The Mizushima Coastal Railway Mizushima Main Line Kurashiki-shi Station is near the station.
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[edit] History
- 1891-04-25: Kurashiki Station opens as a station on the San'yō Railway
- 1906-12-01: Kurashiki station is nationalized
- 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Kurashiki Station becomes a JR West station
- Spring 2007: Automatic ticket gates will be installed and begin being used
- Summer 2007: The ICOCA card is scheduled to be accepted
[edit] Station building and platforms
Kurashiki Station features both side- and island-style platform capable of handling several lines simultaneously. Each platform has an upper (上り) and lower end (下り) of the platform.
| 1 | █ Sanyō Main Line (down) | to Shin-Kurashiki • Kasaoka • Fukuyama • Mihara • Hiroshima |
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| 2 | (used for Sanyō Main Line and Mizushima Coastal Railway freight and special trains) | |
| 3 | █ Sanyō Main Line (up) | to Okayama • Seto • Wake • Aioi • Himeji • Banshū-Akō |
| 4 | █ Hakubi Line | to Sōja • Bitchū-Takahashi • Niimi • Yonago |
| Limited Express (Yakumo) (down) | to Niimi • Yonago • Matsue • Izumo | |
| Overnight Limited Express (Sunrise Izumo) (down) | to Niimi • Yonago • Matsue • Izumo | |
| 5 | █ Sanyō Main Line (up) | to Okayama • Seto • Wake • Aioi • Himeji • Banshū-Akō |
| Limited Express (Yakumo) (up) | to Okayama | |
| Overnight Limited Express (Sunrise Izumo) (up) | to Tokyo | |
Facilities located within the station building include the LeBlanc department store, the Hotel Kurashiki, the Nippon Travel Agency, McDonald's, and ATMs for Chugoku Bank and Tomato Bank.
[edit] Environs
[edit] South entrance
At the south entrance to Kurashiki Station is Kurashiki-shi Station, operated by Mizushima Coastal Railway as a station on the Mizushima Main Line. Chayamachi Station, which services the Uno and Honshibasan Lines (including the Seto Ōhashi Line) is accessible via a 22 minute bus ride operated by Shimotsui Electric Railway.
- Ōhara Art Museum
- Kurashiki Bikan Area
- Kurashiki Station South Entrance Toyoko Inn
- Kurashiki City Plaza East Building
- Kurashiki City Plaza West Building
- Tenmaya department store
- Japan Postal savings ATM
- Marunaka Kurashiki Station store (formerly Daiei Kurashiki)
- Kurashiki Post Office and Kurashiki Japan Post Main Office
- Kagawa Bank
- Ryobi Sightseeing Bus Company, Kurashiki Office
- Jumbo JJ Kurashiki Station Store (pachinko)
- Mizushima Taxi
[edit] North entrance
Outside the north entrance is Kurashiki Tivoli Park, a popular amusement park .
- Kohnan Kurashiki Tivoli Park Store (home center)
- Kurashiki Kotobuki-chō Post Office
- Kurashiki Suishō High School
- Kurashiki Municipal Higashi Junior High School
[edit] Highway access
- Japan National Route 429 (formerly Japan National Route 2)
- Okayama Prefectural Route 24 (Kurashiki-Kiyone Route)
[edit] Connecting lines
All lines are JR West lines.
- Sanyō Main Line
- Express (Sun Liner)
- Okayama Station — Kurashiki Station — Shin-Kurashiki Station
- Local (becomes an express west of Saijō)
- Nakashō Station — Kurashiki Station — Nishiachi Station
- Hakubi Line
- Local
- (Nakashō Station) — Kurashiki Station — Kiyone Station
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) JR West
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