Kiyone Station

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Kiyone Station (清音駅, Kiyone Eki^?) is a station jointly operated by JR West and Ibara Railway on the Hakubi and Ibara Lines. The station is located in Kiyone, Kami-Nakajima, Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

Contents 1 History 2 Station building and platforms 3 Environs 3.1 Highway access 4 Connecting lines 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] History

• 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Kiyone Station becomes a JR West station
• 1999-01-11: Ibara Railway's Ibara Line opens with service connecting Sōja, Kiyone, and Kannabe Stations
• 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

Kiyone Station two platform capable of handling five lines simultaneously. Each platform has an upper (上り) and lower end (下り) of the platform.

1	█ Hakubi Line (upper)	to Kurashiki • Okayama
2	█ Hakubi Line (lower)	to Bitchū-Takahashi • Niimi • Yonago
3	█ Ibara Railway Ibara Line (upper)	to Ibara • Kannabe

[edit] Environs

The Takahashi River flows near Kiyone Station.

[edit] Highway access

• Japan National Route 486
• Okayama Prefectural Route 24 (Kurashiki-Kiyone Route)
• Okayama Prefectural Route 189 (Kiyone Teishajō Route)
• Okayama Prefectural Route 270 (Kiyone-Makane Route)

[edit] Connecting lines

JR West Hakubi Line

Kurashiki Station — Kiyone Station — Sōja Station

Ibara Railways Ibara Line

Sōja Station — Kiyone Station — Kawabejuku Station

[edit] See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) JR West
• (Japanese) Google Maps