Hōkaiin Station | |
Native Name: | 法界院駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 3-10 Gakunanchō, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 700-0011 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.6851°N 133.9275°W |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 2.3km (01.4miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 island platforms |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 1307 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Okayama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Hōkaiin 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]
Hōkaiin Station is served by the Tsuyama Line, and is located 2.3 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at .
The station consists of one ground-level island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.The station is unattended.
Hōkaiin Station opened on June 10, 1908 as a temporary stop and was upgraded to a full station on September 2 of the same year. 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.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1307 passengers daily..[2]
The station is located in a dense residential area.