Kurashiki Station

Kurashiki Station 倉敷駅
Kurashiki Station in July 2008
Location	Japan
Coordinates	34°36′06″N 133°45′57″E / 34.6018°N 133.7657°E / 34.6018; 133.7657
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	■ Sanyo Main Line ■ Hakubi Line
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 April 1891
Location
Kurashiki Station Location within Japan

Kurashiki Station Platform in 2014

Kurashiki Station Access in 2014

Kurashiki Station (倉敷駅, Kurashiki-eki) is a JR West Sanyō Main Line and Hakubi Line railway 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.

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 was scheduled to be accepted

Station building and platforms

Kurashiki Station platforms in March 2006

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.

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.

Environs

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
  • Mizuho Bank
• 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

North entrance

Outside the north entrance was Kurashiki Tivoli Park, a popular amusement park, closed in 2008.

• Kohnan Kurashiki Tivoli Park Store (home center)
• Kurashiki Kotobuki-chō Post Office
• Kurashiki Suishō High School
• Kurashiki Municipal Higashi Junior High School

Highway access

• Japan National Route 429 (formerly Japan National Route 2)
• Okayama Prefectural Route 24 (Kurashiki-Kiyone Route)

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
  • Sleeping Limited Expeess (Sunrise Izumo)
    • (Okayama Station) — Kurashiki Station — Bitchu-Takahashi Station
  • Local
    • (Nakashō Station) — Kurashiki Station — Kiyone Station

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kurashiki Station.

• Official website (in Japanese)

Coordinates: 34°36′06″N 133°45′57″E / 34.6018°N 133.7657°E / 34.6018; 133.7657