is a passenger
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
located in
Naka-ku, in the city of
Okayama
is the prefectural capital, capital Cities of Japan, city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around the city, has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western J ...
,
Okayama Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,826,059 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefecture ...
, Japan. It is operated by
West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...
(JR West).
Lines
Takashima Station is served by the
San'yō Main Line
The is a major railway line owned by JR Group companies in western Japan, connecting Kōbe Station and Moji Station, largely paralleling the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, in other words, the southern coast of western Honshu. The San'yō Shi ...
and is 138.9 km from the starting of the Sanyo Main Line at
Kōbe Station
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. It is also served by trains of the
Akō Line
is a railway line owned by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between Aioi, Hyōgo to Okayama, Okayama in Japan. A loop line off the Sanyō Main Line, the Akō Line commences at Aioi, is situated south of the main line approximately parallel ...
, which continue past the nominal terminus of that line at to terminate at
Okayama Station
is a major railway station in Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines
Okayama Station is one of the major intersections of railways in the Chūgoku region. All trai ...
via the San'yō Main Line tracks.
Layout
The station has two ground level opposed
side platforms
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, connected by a footbridge, located next to the elevated
Sanyo Shinkansen
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tracks. The station has a ''
Midori no Madoguchi
, short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Ja ...
'' staffed ticket office.
Platforms
History
Takashima Station opened on 14 March 1985. With the privatization of
Japanese National Railways
The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...
(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3551 passengers daily
Surrounding area
The surrounding area is a residential area. There is a municipal housing complex on the north side of the station, and in this housing complex there is a police office, a certified children's center, and the Okayama Takashima housing complex post office.
*Okayama Municipal Takashima Elementary School
*Okayama Municipal Asahiryu Elementary School
*Okayama Municipal Takashima Junior High School
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
*
{{Akō Line
Stations of West Japan Railway Company
Railway stations in Okayama
Sanyō Main Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1985