Takashima Station

Railway station in Okayama, Japan

Takashima Station

高島駅

Takashima Station in February 2018

General information
Location| 2-5 Shimizu, Naka-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 703-8243
Japan
Coordinates| 34°40′59.45″N 133°57′29.17″E﻿ / ﻿34.6831806°N 133.9581028°E﻿ / 34.6831806; 133.9581028
Operated by|  JR West
Line(s)|

* S San'yō Line
* N Akō Line

Distance| 138.9 km (86.3 mi) from Kōbe
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Tracks| 2
Construction
Structure type| At grade
Other information
Status| Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code|

* JR-S03
* JR-N03

Website| Official website
History
Opened| 14 March 1985 (1985-03-14)
Passengers
FY2019| 3551
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR West | Following station

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Nishigawara

towards Okayama

|  | Akō Line

Local

|  | Higashi-Okayama

towards Aioi

| San'yō Line

Local

|  | Higashi-Okayama

towards Mitsuishi

Location

Takashima Station

Location within Okayama Prefecture

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Takashima Station

Takashima Station (Japan)

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Takashima Station (高島駅, Takashima-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Naka-ku, in the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

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Takashima Station is served by the San'yō Main Line and is 138.9 km from the starting of the Sanyo Main Line at Kōbe Station. It is also served by trains of the Akō Line, which continue past the nominal terminus of that line at Higashi-Okayama to terminate at Okayama Station via the San'yō Main Line tracks.

## Layout

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The station has two ground level opposed side platforms, connected by a footbridge, located next to the elevated Sanyo Shinkansen tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

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1 | ■ S San'yō Main Line  | for Wake and Himeji

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■ N Akō Line | for Saidaiji and Banshū-Akō
2 | ■ S San'yō Main Line  | for Okayama and Mihara
■ N Akō Line | for Okayama and Mihara

## History

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Takashima Station opened on 14 March 1985. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[1]

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3551 passengers daily[2]

## Surrounding area

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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.

* Okayama Municipal Takashima Elementary School
* Okayama Municipal Asahiryu Elementary School
* Okayama Municipal Takashima Junior High School

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
2. ^ 令和２年 岡山県統計 [Okayama Prefectural Statistics Reiwa 2] (in Japanese). Japan: Okayama Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

## External links

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Media related to Takashima Station (Okayama) at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website (in Japanese)

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Stations of the JR West San'yō Line (Himeji \- Mihara)

* (JR Kobe Line<<)
* Himeji
* Agaho
* Harima-Katsuhara
* Aboshi
* Tatsuno
* Aioi
* Une
* Kamigōri
* Mitsuishi
* Yoshinaga
* Wake
* Kumayama
* Mantomi
* Seto
* Jōtō
* Higashi-Okayama
* Takashima
* Nishigawara
* Okayama
* Okayama Freight Terminal
* Kitanagase
* Niwase
* Nakashō
* Kurashiki
* Nishiachi
* Shin-Kurashiki
* Konkō
* Kamogata
* Satoshō
* Kasaoka
* Daimon
* Higashi-Fukuyama
* Fukuyama
* Bingo-Akasaka
* Matsunaga
* Higashi-Onomichi
* Onomichi
* Itozaki
* Mihara
* (>>to Hiroshima)

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Stations of the JR West Akō Line

* Himeji
* Agaho
* Harima-Katsuhara
* Aboshi
* Tatsuno
* Aioi
* Nishi-Aioi
* Sakoshi
* Banshū-Akō
* Tenwa
* Bizen-Fukukawa
* Sōgo
* Hinase
* Iri
* Bizen-Katakami
* Nishi-Katakami
* Imbe
* Kagato
* Osafune
* Oku
* Ōdomi
* Saidaiji
* Ōdara
* Higashi-Okayama
* Takashima
* Nishigawara
* Okayama

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