Kurashiki Station
Kurashiki Station 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 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
Kurashiki Station features both side- and island-style platform capable of handling several lines simultaneously. Each platform has an upper and lower end 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 is accessible via a 22-minute bus ride operated by Shimotsui Electric Railway.
Outside the north entrance was Kurashiki Tivoli Park, a popular amusement park, closed in 2008.
All lines are JR West lines.
