Hōkaiin Station
- Bus stop
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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
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
The station consists of one ground-level island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.The station is unattended.
Platforms
1 | ■ TTsuyama Line | for Fukuwatari and Tsuyama |
2 | ■ T Tsuyama Line | for Okayama |
Adjacent stations
« | Service | » | ||
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JR West Tsuyama Line | ||||
Okayama | Rapid Kotobuki | Nonokuchi | ||
Okayama | Rapid | Kanagawa | ||
Okayama | Local | Bizen-Hara |
History
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
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1307 passengers daily..[2]
Surrounding area
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
References
- ^ 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
Media related to Hōkaiin Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Hōkaiin Station Official Site
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- Bizen-Hara
- Tamagashi
- Makiyama
- Nonokuchi
- Kanagawa
- Takebe
- Fukuwatari
- Kōme
- Yuge
- Tanjōji
- Obara
- Kamenokō
- Sarayama
- Tsuyamaguchi
- Tsuyama
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