Hōkaiin Station
Hōkaiin Station 法界院駅 | |||||||
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 Hōkaiin Station, April 2008 | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | 3-10 Gakunanchō, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 700-0011 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 34°41′6.48″N 133°55′38.95″E / 34.6851333°N 133.9274861°E | ||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | ||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||
| Line(s) | T Tsuyama Line | ||||||
| Distance | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) from Okayama | ||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platforms | ||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 10 June 1908 | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| FY2019 | 1307 daily | ||||||
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Hōkaiin Station (法界院駅, Hōkaiin-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kita-ku of the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Lines
[edit]Hōkaiin Station is served by the Tsuyama Line, and is located 2.3 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Okayama.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one ground-level island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.The station is unattended.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ TTsuyama Line | for Fukuwatari and Tsuyama |
| 2 | ■ T Tsuyama Line | for Okayama |
Adjacent stations
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
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| JR West Tsuyama Line | ||||
| Okayama | Rapid Kotobuki | Nonokuchi | ||
| Okayama | Rapid | Kanagawa | ||
| Okayama | Local | Bizen-Hara | ||
History
[edit]Hōkaiin Station opened on June 10, 1908 as a temporary stop and was upgraded to a full station on September 2 of the same year. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1307 passengers daily..[2]
Surrounding area
[edit]The station is located in a dense residential area.
- Okayama Municipal Mino Elementary School
- Okayama Prefectural General Ground (City Light Stadium, Okayama Baseball Stadium, Momotaro Arena, Tsushima Ruins)
- Okayama University Tsushima Campus/The Open University of Japan Okayama Study Center
- Okayama Municipal Okakita Junior High School
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020
External links
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