Kiyone Station

Kiyone Station 清音駅
Kiyone Station in December 2009
General information
Location	Kiyonekaminakashima, Sōja-shi, Okayama-ken 19-1175 Japan
Coordinates	34°38′37.12″N 133°43′59.98″E
Operated by	JR West Ibara Railway Company
Line(s)	V Hakubi Line ■ Ibara Line
Distance	7.3 km (4.5 miles) from Kurashiki
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Ibara Railway portion only)
Station code	JR-V06
Website	Official website
History
Opened	17 February 1925 (1925-02-17)
Passengers
2019	1650 daily
Location Kiyone Station Location within Okayama Prefecture Show map of Okayama Prefecture Kiyone Station Kiyone Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kiyone Station looking toward Bitchū-Takahashi Station in July 2006

Kiyone Station (清音駅, Kiyone-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is jointly operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third sector transportation company, Ibara Railway Company[1] It is located in the former village of Kiyone, which was merged with the expanded city of Sōja in March 2005.

Lines

Kiyone Station is served by the Hakubi Line, and is located 7.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kurashiki and 23.2 kilometers from Okayama. It is also served by trains of the Ibara Railway Ibara Line from Kannabe and is 3.4 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Sōja

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platforms, connected by a footbridge. The island platform is shared by JR West and the Ibara Railway, with JR West using the northern portion of the platform and the Ibara Railway using the southern portion. The JR portion of the station is unstaffed.

Platforms

1	■ V Hakubi Line	for Kurashiki and Okayama
2	■ Ibara Line	for Sōja for Ibara and Kannabe
3	■ V Hakubi Line	for Bitchū-Takahashi and Niimi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hakubi Line
Kurashiki		Local		Sōja
Ibara Line
Sōja		-	Kawabejuku

History

Kiyone Station was opened on 17 February 1925. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. 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.[2] The Ibara Railway connected to the station on January 11, 1999.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 1650 passengers daily.[4]

Surrounding area

• Takahashi River
• Japan National Route 486

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan
• Gunma-Sōja Station (on the Joetsu Line in Gunma Prefecture)

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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.
2. Ishino, Akira (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編. JTB. p. 260. ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.
3. "井原鉄道の旅立ち". 鉄道ジャーナル. 33 (4): 70–74. April 1999.
4. Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

External links

Media related to Kiyone Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Kiyone Station from JR-Odekake.net (in Japanese)
• Ibara Railway home page (in Japanese)