Bizen-Ichinomiya Station | |
Native Name: | 備前一宮駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 553-19 Ichinomiya, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 701-1211 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.6808°N 133.8641°W |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 6.5km (04miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Code: | JR-U04 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Former: | Ichinomiya (to 1916) |
Passengers: | 1026 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Okayama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Bizen-Ichinomiya 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 West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Bizen-Ichinomiya Station is served by the Kibi Line, and is located 6.5 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at .
The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The first station building was demolished and a new station building was completed in 2008. The station is unattended. On the platform, there is a sarcophagus lid brought from the Iwafune Kofun in 'Kibi-Nakayama' on the south side of the station.
Bizen-Ichinomiya Station opened on November 15, 1904 with the opening of the Kibi Line as . It was renamed February 1, 1916. 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. [2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1026 passengers daily..[3]