Kurashiki Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).All San'yō Main Line and Hakubi Line express and limited express trains stop at this station. The Mizushima Coastal Railway Kurashiki-shi Station is near the station. Lines
Kurashiki Station is served by the San'yō Main Line, and is located 159.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . It is also the nominal terminus of the Hakubi Line, although most trains continue the additional 15.9 kilometers to terminate at . Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and two island platforms, connected by an elevated station building.The stations a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Trains coming and going to Fukuyama on the San'yō Main Line basically use Platforms 1 and 3. Platform 2 is used by outbound freight trains that stop at this station, forwarding/special trains, and Mizushima Rinkai Railway. The Mizushima Rinkai Railway can also depart from Platform 1. Platforms 4 and 5 are used by trains entering and leaving the Hakubi Line. Inbound freight trains that enter the San'yō Main Line from the Mizushima Rinkai Railway use the siding between Platforms 3 and 4. Platforms

History
Kurashiki Station opened on April 25, 1891 at the same time as the opening of the section between Okayama Station and Kurashiki Station on the Sanyo Railway. The line was nationalized on December 1,1906. 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 19,477 passengers daily. Surrounding area

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 Route 2)
 Okayama Prefectural Route 24 (Kurashiki-Kiyone Route)

See also
List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

 Kurashiki Station Official Site

Railway stations in Okayama Prefecture
Sanyō Main Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1891
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