Bitchū-Takahashi Station

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Bitchū-Takahashi Station building (2006-03-31).
Bitchū-Takahashi Station building (2006-03-31).
Bitchū-Takahashi Station platform area, looking toward Niimi Station (2007-07-22).
Bitchū-Takahashi Station platform area, looking toward Niimi Station (2007-07-22).
Bitchū-Takahashi Station, looking toward Kurashiki Station (2006-03-31).
Bitchū-Takahashi Station, looking toward Kurashiki Station (2006-03-31).

Bitchū-Takahashi Station (備中高梁駅 Bitchū-Takahashi Eki?) is a JR West Hakubi Line station located in Asahi-chō, Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The Hakubi Line becomes a single track from this station north.

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[edit] History

[edit] Station building and platforms

Bitchū-Takahashi Station has three platforms capable of handling four lines simultaneously. The station uses an automated ticket machine, and has an overpass footbridge connecting the station-side platform with the two island platforms.

1 █ Hakubi Line (lower) to Niimi • Yonago • Izumo (limited express)
2 █ Hakubi Line (upper) to Sōja • Kurashiki • Okayama (local)
█ Hakubi Line (lower) to Niimi • Yonago (local and limited express)
3 █ Hakubi Line (lower) to Sōja • Kurashiki • Okayama (limited express)

[edit] Environs

Bitchū-Takahashi Station is located about 500m east of the Takahashi River, which is across Japan National Route 180. The Takahashi-Tamagawa Post Office is located nearby, as is Takahashi Municipal Tamagawa Elementary School.

Also in the area are the following:

  • Takahashi Bus Center
  • Takahashi Municipal Office
  • Bitchū Prefectural Community Center, Takahashi Branch
  • Takahashi Sōgō Cultural Arts Center
  • Kibi International University
  • Junsei Junior College
  • Okayama Prefectural Takahashi High School
  • Okayama Prefectural Takahashi Jōnan High School
  • Okayama Takahashi Nisshin High School
  • Raikyū-ji
  • Matsuyama Castle
  • Ishibiya-chō Furusato-mura
  • Porca Tenmaya Happy Town

[edit] Highway access

  • Japan National Route 180
  • Japan National Route 313
  • Japan National Route 484
  • Okayama Prefectural Route 196 (Takahashi Teishajō Route)
  • Okayama Prefectural Route 302 (Uji-Teppōchō Route)

[edit] Connecting lines

JR West Hakubi Line (including Yakumo limited express)
Bitchū-Hirose Station — Bitchū-Takahashi Station — Kinoyama Station


[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 34°47′19″N 133°36′59″E / 34.7886, 133.6165

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Stations of the JR West Hakubi Line

Kurashiki - Kiyone - Sōja - Gōkei - Hiwa - Minagi - Bitchū-Hirose - Bitchū-Takahashi - Kinoyama - Bitchū-Kawamo - Hōkoku - (Hiroishi SB) - Ikura - Ishiga - Niimi - Nunohara - Bitchū-Kōjiro - Ashidachi - Niizato - Kami-Iwami - (Shimo-Iwami SB) - Shōyama - Kamisuge - Kurosaka - Neu - Muko - Ebi - (Kami-Mizoguchi SB) - Hōki-Mizoguchi - Kishimoto - Hōki-Daisen
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