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Kurashiki Station
  Kurashiki Station (倉敷駅, Kurashiki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] 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. LinesKurashiki Station is served by the San'yō Main Line, and is located 159.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōbe. It is also the nominal terminus of the Hakubi Line, although most trains continue the additional 15.9 kilometers to terminate at Okayama. 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
Adjacent stations
HistoryKurashiki 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 statisticsIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 19,477 passengers daily.[2] Surrounding areaSouth entranceAt 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.
North entranceOutside the north entrance was Kurashiki Tivoli Park, a popular amusement park, closed in 2008.
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