Imbe Station | |
Native Name: | 伊部駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 1685-1 Imbe, Bizen-shi, Okayama-ken 705-0001 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 34.5km (21.4miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Code: | JR-N11 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 459 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Okayama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Imbe Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the Imbe neighborhood of the city of Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). [1]
Imbe Station is served by the JR Akō Line, and is located 34.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and 24.0 kilometers from .
The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station building is on the side of Platform 1 of the side platform, and there are two crew accommodations next to the station building. The island platform has Platform 2 and 3 and is connected by a footbridge. The north exit is located on the first floor of the Bizen Ware Museum of Traditional Crafts. The station is unattended.
Imbe Station was opened on 25 March 1958. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 459 passengers daily[2]