Takashima Station 高島駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Takashima Station in February 2018 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2-5 Shimizu, Naka-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 703-8243 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°40′59.45″N133°57′29.17″E / 34.6831806°N 133.9581028°E /34.6831806; 133.9581028 | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR West | ||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 138.9 km (86.3 mi) fromKōbe | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 14 March 1985 (1985-03-14) | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 3551 | ||||||||||||||
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Takashima Station (高島駅,Takashima-eki) is a passengerrailway station located inNaka-ku, in the city ofOkayama,Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated byWest Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Takashima Station is served by theSan'yō Main Line and is 138.9 km from the starting of the Sanyo Main Line atKōbe Station. It is also served by trains of theAkō Line, which continue past the nominal terminus of that line atHigashi-Okayama to terminate atOkayama Station via the San'yō Main Line tracks.
The station has two ground level opposedside platforms, connected by a footbridge, located next to the elevatedSanyo Shinkansen tracks. The station has aMidori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
| 1 | ■ S San'yō Main Line | forWake andHimeji |
| ■ NAkō Line | forSaidaiji andBanshū-Akō | |
| 2 | ■ S San'yō Main Line | forOkayama andMihara |
| ■ NAkō Line | forOkayama andMihara |
Takashima Station opened on 14 March 1985. With the privatization ofJapanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[1]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3551 passengers daily[2]
The surrounding area is a residential area. There is a municipal housing complex on the north side of the station, and in this housing complex there is a police office, a certified children's center, and the Okayama Takashima housing complex post office.
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