Ōmoto Station | |
Native Name: | 大元駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 10-6 Ōmoto Ekimae, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 700-0923 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 2.5km (01.6miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Former: | Shikada (until 1925) |
Passengers: | 1837 daily[1] |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Okayama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ōmoto Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in Kita-ku of the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). [2]
Ōmoto Station is served by the JR Uno Line, and is located 2.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . It is also served by the Seto-Ōhashi Line and is 69.3 kilometers from the terminus of that line at .
The station consists of a two elevated ground-level side platforms, with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
The station opened on June 12, 1910 as . On March 6, 1925, the station was relocated and renamed Ōmoto Station.
From August 1, 1951 to December 30, 1984, the station was also served by the Okayama Rinkō Railway.[3]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1837 passengers daily[4]