Travel

Okayama, Japan – Okayama Station (2019)

Okayama Station (岡山駅 Okayama-eki) is a railway station in Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Okayama Station is one of major intersections of railways in the Chūgoku region. All trains connecting Honshū and Shikoku via the Great Seto Bridge originate and terminate here.

The station is served by the following JR West lines:

Sanyō Shinkansen
Sanyō Main Line (including trains to Akō Line and Hakubi Line)
Uno Line (Seto-Ōhashi Line)
Tsuyama Line
Kibi Line
In addition to the JR lines, in front of the station is a tram stop of the Okayama Electric Tramway named Okayama-Ekimae Station.

The station opened on March 18, 1891. Between 1972 and 1975, the station was the western terminus of the Sanyō Shinkansen.

Alo Japan.