Okayama Station

This article is about the railway station in Okayama. For the similarly-named station in Tokyo, see Ōokayama Station.

Not to be confused with Higashi-Okayama Station or Okayama Freight Terminal.

Okayama Station (岡山駅, Okayama-eki) is a major railway station in Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

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Okayama Station in December 2017
General information
Location	Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	34°39′59″N 133°55′07″E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	San'yō Shinkansen L Uno Line M Seto-Ōhashi Line N Akō Line S W San'yō Line T Tsuyama Line U Kibi Line V Hakubi Line
Platforms	2 island platforms (Shinkansen) 4 island platforms (Conventional lines)
Tracks	4 (Shinkansen) 10 (conventional lines)
Connections	Okayama Electric Tramway
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	18 March 1891 (1891-03-18)
Passengers
2020	46,763 daily
Services Preceding station JR West Following station Fukuyama towards Hakata San'yō Shinkansen Mizuho Himeji towards Shin-Ōsaka San'yō Shinkansen Sakura San'yō Shinkansen Nozomi Shin-Kurashiki towards Hakata San'yō Shinkansen Hikari Shin-Kurashiki towards Hakata or Hakata-Minami San'yō Shinkansen Kodama Aioi towards Shin-Ōsaka
Location Okayama Station Location within Okayama Prefecture Okayama Station Okayama Station (Japan)

Lines

The Shinkansen platform 21 and 22 in September 2022

The Shinkansen platform 23 and 24 in September 2022

Okayama Station is one of the major intersections of railways in the Chūgoku region. All trains connecting Honshū and Shikoku via the Great Seto Bridge originate and terminate here.

The station is served by the following JR West lines:

• Sanyō Shinkansen
• San'yō Main Line (including trains to Akō Line and Hakubi Line)
• Uno Line (Seto-Ōhashi Line)
• Tsuyama Line
• Kibi Line

In addition to the JR lines, a tram stop of the Okayama Electric Tramway named Okayama-Ekimae Station is located in front of the JR station.

Station layout

The Shinkansen platforms are located on the 3rd level of the station and has 2 island platforms that serve 4 tracks, whilst the conventional lines on the ground floor have 4 island platforms that serve 10 tracks. All platforms. Platforms 5 and 7 are bay platforms near tracks 6 and 8. In 2004, the Tsuyama and Kibi Line platforms (Platforms 16 and 17 at the time) were moved over to the west side of Okayama Station due to renovations, and the shape and size of all platforms have changed since 2004.

The station building is one of the few stations whose front exit is the Shinkansen exit. It was converted to a bridge in October 2006, and its main functions, including Shinkansen communication, are installed on the second floor. In addition, the west exit station building was abolished due to the construction of the east-west connecting road, and the ticket gates were concentrated on the second floor and underground except for some. Many of the long concourses under the elevated tracks that once existed are now commercial facilities.

This station has a station master that is also the station master for the Sanyo Main Line stations of Kitanagase and Niwase, the Uno Line Stations of Ōmoto through Kuguhara, the Kibi Line stations of Bizen-Mikado through Bitchū-Takamatsu, and the Tsuyama Line stations of Hōkaiin through Fukuwatari.

Prior to this, Kitanagase and Niwase stations were controlled by Kurashiki and Nakashō stations, Omoto through Kuguhara Stations on the Uno line were controlled by Kojima station, Each station on the Kibi Line was managed by the Bitchu Railway Department (after the abolition, Niimi Station [management station] and Soja Station [district station]), but it was changed from the policy of matching with the administrative area in principle.

Platform No	Line Name	Direction	Notes
1・2	W San'yō Line	for Kurashiki・Fukuyama・Hiroshima	Used by Rapid Sun Liner services
	V Hakubi Line	for Kurashiki ・Bitchū-Takahashi・Niimi・Yonago	Used by Limited Express Yakumo servies
3・4	S San'yō Line	for Wake・Himeji・Tottori	Used by Limited Express Super Inaba services
	N Akō Line	for Saidaiji・Banshū-Akō
5	M Seto-Ōhashi Line L Uno Line	for Chayamachi ・Kojima・Takamatsu・Uno	Used by some Local and Rapid services
6・8			Used by Rapid Marine Liner, Limited Express, and the Sleeper Limited Express Sunrise Seto services
7			Used by all local trains and some temporary rapid services
9	T Tsuyama Line	for Fukuwatari ・Tsuyama	Used by Local and Rapid Kotobuki services
10	U Kibi Line (Momotaro Line)	for Bitchū-Takamatsu・Soja
21・22	San'yō Shinkansen	for Hiroshima・Hakata・Kagoshima-Chūō
23・24		for Shin-Ōsaka・Nagoya・Tokyo

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sanyo Main Line
Himeji		Sleeper Limited Express Sunrise Seto / Sunrise Izumo		(Sunrise Seto) Kojima (Sunrise Izumo) Kurashiki
Himeji		West Express Ginga		Kurashiki
Kamigori		Limited Express Super Inaba		Terminus
Kurashiki		Limited Express Yakumo		Terminus
Nishigawara		Local		Kitanagase
Seto-Ōhashi Line
Terminus		Limited Express Nanpū		Kojima
Terminus		Limited Express Shiokaze		Kojima
Terminus		Limited Express Uzushio		Kojima
Terminus		Rapid Marine Liner		Ōmoto
Terminus		Local		Ōmoto
Tsuyama Line
Terminus		Rapid Kotobuki		Hōkaiin
Terminus		Local		Hōkaiin
Kibi Line
Terminus		Local		Bizen-Mikado

History

The station opened on March 18, 1891. Between 1972 and 1975, the station was the western terminus of the Sanyō Shinkansen.

External links

• JR West station information (in Japanese)