Kanagawa Station (Okayama)

Railway station in Okayama, Japan

Kanagawa Station

金川駅

Kanagawa Station on the Tsuyama Line, November 2006

General information
Location| Mitsuchō Kanagawa 400, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 709-2133
Japan
Coordinates| 34°47′31.60″N 133°56′2.00″E﻿ / ﻿34.7921111°N 133.9338889°E﻿ / 34.7921111; 133.9338889
Owned by|  West Japan Railway Company
Operated by|  West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)| T Tsuyama Line
Distance| 19.7 km (12.2 mi) from Okayama
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Connections|

* Bus stop

Other information
Status| Unstaffed
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 21 December 1898; 125 years ago (1898-12-21)
Passengers
FY2019| 816 daily
Location

Kanagawa Station

Location within Okayama Prefecture

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Kanagawa Station

Kanagawa Station (Japan)

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Kanagawa Station (金川駅, Kanagawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the Takebe-chō neighborhood of Kita-ku of the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]

## Lines[edit]

Kanagawa Station is served by the Tsuyama Line, and is located 19.7 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Okayama.

## Station layout[edit]

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. There used to be a large wooden station building built at the time of its opening, which was relatively well maintained, but on February 1, 2005, it was rebuilt into a concrete building on the occasion of the Okayama National Athletic Meet. At that time, the position of the station building moved about 40 meters toward Okayama. Platform 2 is adjacent to the station building and there is a rain shelter on Platform 1.The station is unattended.

### Platforms[edit]

1 | ■ TTsuyama Line  | for Fukuwatari and Tsuyama

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2 | ■ T Tsuyama Line  | for Okayama

## Adjacent stations[edit]

« | Service  | »

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JR West Tsuyama Line
Nonokuchi |  | Rapid Kotobuki |  | Takebe
Hōkaiin |  | Rapid  |  | Takebe
Nonokuchi  |  | Local  |  | Takebe

## History[edit]

Kanagawa Station opened on December 21, 1898 with the opening of the Tsuyama Line. 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 statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 816 passengers daily..[2]

## Surrounding area[edit]

* Okayama City Kita Ward Office Mitsu Branch (former Mitsu Town Office)
* Okayama Prefectural Okayama Mitsu High School
* Okayama Municipal Mitsu Junior High School

## See also[edit]

* List of railway stations in Japan

## References[edit]

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. ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station \- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

## External links[edit]

Media related to Kanagawa Station (Okayama) at Wikimedia Commons

* Kanagawa Station Official Site

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Stations of the JR West Tsuyama Line

* Okayama
* Hōkaiin
* Bizen-Hara
* Tamagashi
* Makiyama
* Nonokuchi
* Kanagawa
* Takebe
* Fukuwatari
* Kōme
* Yuge
* Tanjōji
* Obara
* Kamenokō
* Sarayama
* Tsuyamaguchi
* Tsuyama

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